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Asked about his union giving money to a politician whose decisions can affect its members, a spokesman for Local 73 - representing more than 1,000 Chicago city janitors, window-washers and aviation security officers, as well as 10,000 CPS employees and 2,000 Chicago Park District employees - said, “The law allows it, so it’s appropriate.” Altogether, more than 80% of the $13.6 million that the mayor’s campaign fund has raised since late 2022 came from organized labor and affiliated organizations.
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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The unions are funding the campaigns which comes from the dues of the employees. How many employees are also donating their own money besides dues? Can the employees stipulate where their dues go to? Here’s a clip from Armed and Dangerous about union dues.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr575DkvcHI