Chicago Teachers Union president paid over $269K but hides union financial records

By Mailee Smith

11/20/2024

Public records show the Chicago Teachers Union and other union entities pay Stacy Davis Gates a very healthy salary. But union transparency ends there. CTU is refusing to show members how it spends their money, despite that mandate in CTU’s rules.

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Stacy Davis Gates: Lots of ire for Chicago schools, state leaders, corporations, banks

By Kurtis Karg

08/15/2024

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates had words for state lawmakers, the governor, corporations and financial institutions at a public bargaining session over a new union contract. She said union demands are not a money discussion, but rather about culture.

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Stacy Davis Gates pays $1,533 in Indiana back taxes, penalties – late

By Dylan Sharkey

05/02/2024

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates paid off $1,533 in back property taxes and penalties on her Indiana house after authorities revoked a credit reserved for owner occupants.

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Chicago Teachers Union boss finally pays city bills, because of FOIA?

By Brad Weisenstein

04/26/2024

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates finally paid all her city trash, sewer and water bills after letting $5,381 in debt pile up. The pay-off came after an open records request was made. Hmmm…

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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.”

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Police report: Chicago Teachers Union president advises punching principal in face

By Dylan Sharkey

02/01/2024

A Chicago elementary school principal filed a police report after he was told Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates recommended his staff punch him in the face.

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Chicago Teachers Union sees plenty of scandals in 2023

By Mailee Smith

12/25/2023

The Chicago Teachers Union and its president – Stacy Davis Gates – have offered lots of controversy this year. Their lack of accountability and politicking have consequences: residents suffer, students can’t read or do math at grade level.

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Chicago Teachers Union president owes city $5,579 for utilities

By Mailee Smith

12/07/2023

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates has let $5,579 in Chicago water, sewer and trash bills pile up. She makes over $289,000 and demands the “wealthy” pay a greater share. So why doesn’t she pay her fair share to a city in financial turmoil?

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Stacy Davis Gates gets a homeowner’s tax break for an Indiana home she doesn’t live in

By Mailee Smith

11/06/2023

Stacy Davis Gates is taking a property tax break on a house she owns in Indiana but doesn’t live in. She and her husband own a home and reside in Chicago. So how can the Chicago Teachers Union president claim to live in two places?

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Chicago Teachers Union spends less on representing teachers under Stacy Davis Gates

By Mailee Smith

10/11/2023

Just 17% of CTU’s spending in 2023 was on representing its members – down from previous years on record.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Stacy Davis Gates