The Chicago Teachers Union is cooperating with a federal inquiry into allegations that it is keeping financial audits from its members, though a lawyer representing the union argues “it’s a waste of time.”

The Republican-led U.S. House Committee on Education and Workforce sent a letter to CTU President Stacy Davis Gates last week accusing the union of failing to provide “complete financial audits” to members since 2020.

“This failure to disclose financial information strips dues-paying members of their basic right to understand how their money is spent,” the letter states. “Every dollar paid by workers should serve their interests, not those of a select few operating in the shadows.”

The letter also alleges that Davis Gates maligned a member’s request for published audits as a “racist ‘

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