The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) marched high school students out on Friday to vote on a tax hike proposal the teachers union donated in support of, in yet another example of how teachers unions are actively engaged in electioneering.
The CTU partnered with Bring Chicago Home to plan a rally at CTU headquarters before taking students to the polls. Bring Chicago Home is the coalition demanding the city dramatically increase the real estate transfer tax for any property sold for more than $1 million, according to CBS News. The tax hike is an attempt to raise revenue for “providing permanent affordable housing” for the homeless. The CTU donated $200,000 to Bring Chicago Home, Politico reported.
The tax hike referendum was introduced by Mayor Brandon Johnson, who previously worked for the CTU. Records obtained by the Illinois Policy Institute shows CTU paid Johnson more than $75,000 during the 2023 fiscal year despite Johnson running for mayor at the time.
Dozens of students were seen marching to go vote on Friday, in what NBC 5 Chicago said was “billed as a nonpartisan parade to the polls.” One person who appeared to be an organizer was heard chanting: “Repeat after me: We will not give up the fight, housing is a human right!”
Blatant election rigging in Chicago.
Voting-age students were marched out of classrooms and straight to the polls.
Chicago Teachers Union organizers took the students there & pressured them to vote for Mayor Johnson’s tax hike.
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