Voters being asked to change Illinois Constitution to benefit one group

By Dylan Sharkey

11/24/2021

Special interest groups shouldn’t be singled out for protection in the Illinois Constitution, but state lawmakers are asking voters to change that. If passed, Amendment 1 would protect government unions at the expense of everyone else.

TAGS: Amendment 1, government unions, Illinois Constitution

Government unions dictate when Illinois Constitution needs changes

By Dylan Sharkey

11/24/2021

In 2022, Illinois voters will face the biggest union power grab yet.

TAGS: Amendment 1, government unions, Illinois Constitution

Chicago teacher sees firsthand what union values: it isn’t students

By Ann Miller

11/17/2021

Allowing teachers unions to hold students and homeowners hostage is not the norm.

TAGS: Amendment 1, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

23 Chicago labor unions sue to block Lightfoot’s vaccination mandate

By Patrick Andriesen

11/12/2021

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is being challenged by 23 labor unions over her Dec. 31 vaccination deadline. They claimed she is infringing on union members’ collective bargaining rights.

TAGS: COVID-19, Lori Lightfoot, vaccine mandate

Union bosses, not voters, will decide how to run Illinois if Amendment 1 passes

By Mailee Smith

11/03/2021

Amendment 1 would constitutionally prohibit Illinois lawmakers from pulling back on union power. It would give government union bosses more power than voters and than those elected to represent voters’ interests.

TAGS: Amendment 1, government unions, Illinois, voting

Amendment 1 would give Illinois government union bosses nation’s most extreme powers

By Mailee Smith

10/22/2021

No other state constitutions guarantee unmitigated powers to government unions, and 28 state constitutions don’t even find a need to mention labor.

TAGS: Amendment 1, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Illinois, strike, unions

What you need to know about giving unions special treatment in Illinois’ constitution

By Mailee Smith

10/13/2021

If passed by voters in November 2022, an amendment to the Illinois Constitution would allow collective bargaining agreements to override state law forever. That gives more power to union bosses than to state lawmakers – and voters.

TAGS: Amendment 1, collective bargaining, government unions, Illinois

Amendment 1 would take away taxpayers’ voice in state government

By Joe Tabor

10/04/2021

The proposed constitutional amendment would put union contracts above the interests of future taxpayers and voters

TAGS: Amendment 1, ballot referendums, government unions, Illinois

Chicago Teachers Union claims ‘impasse’ over COVID-19 school reopenings

By Patrick Andriesen

08/19/2021

The CTU president said there was an impasse, with union leaders and Chicago Public Schools administrators divided on quarantine policies and remote learning options for students. School administrators said the union is ‘rejecting the science for their own gain.’

TAGS: CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

Amendment to Illinois Constitution is much more than right-to-work ban

By Joe Tabor

08/16/2021

The proposed constitutional amendment placed on the 2022 ballot by the Illinois General Assembly would put every provision in union contracts beyond the reach of state law.

TAGS: government unions, Illinois, public sector, right to work