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Learn about the Illinois Amendment 1-Right to Collective Bargaining Measure (2022) on the November Ballot
Mon, Aug 22
|Galati's Hideaway Restaurant
Illinois Right to Collective Bargaining Measure. Learn more about the first item, Amendment 1, on the ballot Illinois voters will see this November. Larry Alcaraz serves as the Director of Community Engagement with Illinois Policy.
Time & Location
Aug 22, 2022, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Galati's Hideaway Restaurant, 800 Feinberg Ct, Cary, IL 60013, USA
Guests
About the event
Illinois Right to Collective Bargaining Measure.
The first item on the ballot Illinois voters will see this November is Amendment 1, a radical constitutional change that would grant government union "bosses" in Illinois more extreme powers than in any state. Dubbed a “workers’ rights amendment,” it would, in reality, guarantee higher taxes and allow secret government contracts. Government unions would have more power over state law than residents and their lawmakers, even allowing union leaders to override more than 350 laws through union contracts.
LANGUAGE OF THE AMENDMENT
Proposes to amend the Bill of Rights Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that employees shall have the fundamental right to organize and to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing for the purpose of negotiating wages, hours, and working conditions, and to protect their economic welfare and safety at work. Provides that no law shall be passed that interferes with,…