Johnson’s ‘Bring Chicago Home’ tax hike could fund Chicago Teachers Union’s contract demands

By Dylan Sharkey

03/13/2024

The Chicago Teachers Union is pushing Mayor Brandon Johnson’s real estate tax hike with cash and by taking students out of school to vote. The heavy push is understandable when CTU mentions the tax hike as a revenue source for their contract demands.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, real estate transfer tax

Chicago teachers nearly triple private-sector salary growth

By Bryce Hill

03/13/2024

Today’s average CPS teacher has seen a salary increase of 86% since the 2011-2012 school year. That’s over 2.5 times faster than inflation or the private sector.

TAGS: CPS: Chicago Public Schools

Vallas: Johnson can’t be trusted with real estate tax hike

By Paul Vallas

03/12/2024

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s real estate transfer tax hike comes with no guarantees he won’t use the money for things other than homeless relief. So why should voters believe he won’t hand the money to his cronies at the Chicago Teachers Union?

TAGS: Brandon Johnson, real estate transfer tax

Voter information on Chicago’s real estate transfer tax hike

03/11/2024

March 19 primary ballots ask Chicago voters whether they support Mayor Brandon Johnson's real estate transfer tax hike. While he and 'Bring Chicago Home' advocates claim money will help homeless Chicagoans, there is reason to worry about hurting 5,143 commercial properties with no guarantee how this 'mansion tax' will be used.

TAGS: Chicago, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, taxes

Illinois Policy Institute Ethics Complaint: Chicago Teachers Union Pushing Students to Vote for Johnson Tax Hike

By Mailee Smith

03/11/2024

The following is an ethics complaint from the Illinois Policy Institute filed March 11 with the Chicago Public Schools ethics office and inspector general.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

Chicago Teachers Union taking students out of class to vote for Johnson’s real estate tax hike

By Hilary Gowins

03/11/2024

The event, which is taking place on March 15, likely violates school district rules that make clear students can’t attend a political event during school hours. Staff activity in such an event also likely violates the CPS Code of Ethics.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

What you need to know about ‘Bring Chicago Home’

By Dylan Sharkey

03/07/2024

Chicago’s March 19 primary election includes Mayor Brandon Johnson’s real estate transfer tax hike to raise $100 million, dubbed “Bring Chicago Home.” Will higher taxes without a plan help homeless Chicagoans or hurt their job prospects?

TAGS: Brandon Johnson, real estate transfer tax

Editorial: CTU president wants us to stop asking questions about how Chicago will pay for her list of demands

By Hilary Gowins

03/06/2024

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates on March 5 told a packed house at the City Club of Chicago this: Stop asking questions about how to pay for her list of demands, even if it costs “$50 billion … and three cents.”

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Stacy Davis Gates

Read all the Chicago Teachers Union’s contract demands

03/05/2024

The Chicago Teachers Union's lengthy list of demands includes base raises and experience compensation each year, housing help, climate justice, more compensation added to pension calculations and a pool of health care funds targeted to racial disparities.

Vallas: CTU’s community schools less about students, more about union power

By Paul Vallas

03/05/2024

Boosting “sustainable community schools” and killing selective enrollment and other public-school choices is the Chicago Teachers Union’s answer to fix city schools. But the push is about union power rather than raising student achievement.

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Johnson’s ‘Bring Chicago Home’ tax hike could fund Chicago Teachers Union’s contract demands

Chicago teachers nearly triple private-sector salary growth

Vallas: Johnson can’t be trusted with real estate tax hike

Voter information on Chicago’s real estate transfer tax hike

Illinois Policy Institute Ethics Complaint: Chicago Teachers Union Pushing Students to Vote for Johnson Tax Hike

Chicago Teachers Union taking students out of class to vote for Johnson’s real estate tax hike

What you need to know about ‘Bring Chicago Home’

Editorial: CTU president wants us to stop asking questions about how Chicago will pay for her list of demands

Read all the Chicago Teachers Union’s contract demands

Vallas: CTU’s community schools less about students, more about union power

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