Mike Klonsky's Blog: CTU leaders take the wrong side in sexual harassment scandal

Mike Klonsky's Blog: CTU leaders take the wrong side in sexual harassment scandal

CTU leaders take the wrong side in sexual harassment scandal

Chicago unions have no choice to work with House Speaker Michael Madigan if they want to get anything done in Springfield. But working with Madigan is one thing. Embedding within what's left of Madigan's political machine and colluding with him to blackball his victims of sexual harassment is something else. And that appears to be exactly what CTU leaders have done.

Machine boss Mike Madigan & whistle-blower Alaina Hampton

Case in point -- CTU's collusion with Madigan's gaggle of sexual harassers in the Alaina Hampton case. First, after offering to hire Alaina as a political consultant, CTU withdrew its offer, apparently under pressure from Madigan. Then they foolishly held back documents implicating themselves, from investigators until they were forced to make them available.

After Alaina sued and won a settlement in the case, which cost Madigan's political committee about $900,000 (Alaina received $75K with the rest going to the lawyers), the teachers union picked up a large chunk of the tab.

As for Madigan, the powerful Southwest Side Democrat likely won’t be holding CONTINUE READING: