At the top of the ballot for the Nov. 8 election, there’s a torrent of words about an amendment to the Illinois Constitution. Voters who surf the language will figure out it has something to do with workers’ rights.
Supporters of the amendment hope people will “do the right thing,” as soft-selling precinct captains used to say, and enshrine collective bargaining rights as fundamental Illinois law. Detractors say the measure amounts to a power grab by organized labor that will raise the cost of government and, therefore, property taxes.
