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Unions are planning a nationwide takeover — it’s already begun in Illinois

Originally published in The Hill

In 2022, Illinois voters approved what they likely thought was an innocuous ballot measure, the Illinois Workers’ Rights Amendment, also called Amendment One. Little did Illinoisians know, this constitutional amendment was being tested as a blueprint for unscrupulous union executives to consolidate power nationwide.

Passed with 59 percent support, Amendment One codified “the fundamental right to organize and to bargain collectively” in the Illinois Constitution. Moreover, the amendment explicitly prohibits any new law that “interferes with, negates, or diminishes the right of employees to organize and bargain collectively over their wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment and work place safety.” 

Read more at The Hill