Illinois Education Association puts union bosses’ agenda ahead of teachers’ – Illinois Policy

The Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance states at least 65 percent of a nonprofit’s total expenses should be used for program activities. While the Wise Giving Alliance evaluates spending by charities, it stands to reason IEA’s spending of just 13 percent on representation – the purpose of a union – should be a cause for concern among members.
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Tommy Paine
1 year ago

The teacher’s unions are the evilest and most vile unions!

debtsor
1 year ago

Teachers are complicit in this, they believe all of this nonsense.

ProzacPlease
1 year ago
Reply to  debtsor

Listen to the rants of Becky Pringle and Randi Weingarten. Teachers elected these people to lead their unions by large margins. Teachers are not only complicit, they are driving the nonsense.

And then they whine and expect people to feel sorry that they have to deal with the consequences of their own insane ideas.

truthseeker
1 year ago

Teachers are partly to blame for this. They have remained silent and gone along to get along with the tyrants who are running the show. As far as charitable organizations, if you look up the salaries and benefits being paid to, say for instance the Northern Illinois Food Bank, it will make your head spin. I have stopped donating because I have looked up the 990’s of many of these organizations, and when I see what is being paid to individuals, I realize that my money is not going to where I intended it to.

Hello, Indiana!
1 year ago
Reply to  truthseeker

As Ringo Starr once stated, when asked if he and his bandmates donated to charity at the height of their careers, “ We pay taxes.”.

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