Posts tagged Weiss v. Chicago Teachers Union
Liberty Justice Center Files Three New Lawsuits to Protect the Rights of Government Employees Against Public-Sector Unions
March 13, 2025 // "Public-sector unions continue to place barriers for government employees who wish to stop being union members and stop paying union dues in ways that violate the Supreme Court’s Janus decision.” said Jeffrey Schwab, Senior Counsel at the Liberty Justice Center. “And although those unions are supposed to only collect dues from members, these unions often refuse to be held accountable by their own members for how they spend those dues.”
Seven More Chicago Teachers Union Members Join Efforts to Demand Missing Audits
November 25, 2024 // “Hardworking, dues-paying members deserve financial transparency,” agreed plaintiff Bridget Cuevas, who has been a CTU member since 2012 and is one of the four union members who initially filed suit. “The Chicago Teachers’ Union is failing its 25,000 members—and millions of Chicago taxpayers—by withholding years of legally required audits. All our clients are asking for is transparency. If CTU has nothing to hide, why not just produce the audits?” said Dean McGee, Senior Counsel for Educational Freedom at the Liberty Justice Center.