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Workers' Rights
Your Voice, Your Dollars
If you work for a public school district, city hall, a state agency, another government body – or any other kind of local, state, or federal government entity – you have the right to decide whether you want to join a union at your workplace. If you decide union membership isn’t for you, then you are not obligated to pay the union at your workplace any kind of dues or fees, and you have the U.S. Supreme Court case Janus v. AFSCME to back you up on that.
The Liberty Justice Center represented Mark Janus all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court to protect his right to spend his money how he wants. The decision to join or financially support a union is an important and deeply personal one for anyone who takes a government job. Before deciding whether union membership is right for you, it is important to know what’s at stake and what rights you have.
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Our Fight in the News
Judge Declines CTU’s Motion to Dismiss Financial Audit Lawsuit
Opinion: Transparency isn’t a political attack — it’s a public obligation
Sara Albrecht | February 20, 2026 (Crain’s Chicago Business) Chicago Teachers Union leaders would like the public to believe that recent federal scrutiny of their finances is part of a right-wing conspiracy — an attack on educators, students, and social justice itself. That framing may be effective rally rhetoric. It...
CTU to cooperate with Congressional inquiry over allegations of missing audits
By: Tahman Bradley and Ethan Illers | November 25, 2025 CHICAGO (WGN-TV) – The Chicago Teachers Union is at the center of a Capitol Hill probe and is now cooperating with a Congressional inquiry into its finances regarding whether the CTU has been keeping financial audits from members. The Republican-controlled...
Federal probe demands Chicago Teachers Union explain missing financial audits since 2020
In New Role, Ryan Walters Takes His Anti-Union Message National
By Linda Jacobson (The74 | October 29, 2025) The former Oklahoma chief inherits a battle with few wins for union detractors. Last year, the conservative Freedom Foundation made headlines with a high-profile effort to convince Miami-Dade teachers to dump their union. Ultimately, it flopped: 83% of members voted to stick...
Lawsuit Against Chicago Teachers Union Proceeds, as Observers Seek ‘Full Picture’ of Group’s ‘Radical, Political Spending’
Author: Maggie Little (Read Lion)—A judge has allowed a lawsuit against the Chicago Teachers Union to move forward, as the union’s own members have been suing to demand financial transparency. The lawsuit stems from the union’s refusal to release its audits for five years, despite its bylaws requiring it to...