Tag: Workers’ Rights Amendment
Illinois enacts new laws benefiting union members
By ELIZABETH DONALD
Illinois Correspondent
A new year always means new laws, and there are some changes in Illinois law that will be of particular interest...
Illinois workers, unions celebrate ‘historic’ passage of Workers’ Rights Amendment
‘Mother Jones is looking down, smiling;’ law stops phony ‘right-to-work (for less)’, guarantees right to collective bargaining
By ED FINKELSTEIN
Publisher Emeritus
Illinois voters approved the historic...
Illinois candidates, union leaders push Workers’ Rights Amendment ahead of Tuesday’s...
By ELIZABETH DONALD
Illinois Correspondent
Crowds of union leaders, members and local residents greeted Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and most of the Democratic slate for tomorrow’s...
Workers’ Rights Amendment will protect the right to organize in the...
Amendment 1 requires 60 percent to pass; every vote counts
By ELIZABETH DONALD
Illinois Correspondent
Illinois voters will soon decide whether the right to organize will be...
Metro-East unions canvassing door-to-door in support of Amendment 1, the Workers’...
Metro East unions are conducting a series of door-to-door canvasses in support of Amendment 1, the Workers’ Rights Amendment, which would ban so-called “right-to-work”...
Metro East unions canvassing door-to-door in support of Amendment 1, the...
Metro East unions are conducting a series of door-to-door canvasses in support of the Workers’ Rights Amendment, which would ban so-called “right-to-work” in...
Pritzker makes major push for Workers’ Rights Amendment
By ELIZABETH DONALD
Correspondent
Termed by several speakers as “the most union-friendly governor we’ve ever had,” Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker spoke at a recent pro-union rally...
Illinois judge tosses right-wing challenge to pro-worker constitutional amendment
Springfield, IL (PAI) – Illinois Circuit Court Judge Raylene DeWitte Grischow has rejected a right-wing challenge to the proposed amendment to write workers’ collective...
Workers’ Rights Amendment will promote higher job quality for workers and...
Data Shows Unions Producing Better Outcomes for Workers, Worksites, and Public Budgets
La Grange, IL – Illinois workers earn higher wages, deliver higher levels of...