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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Rich Miller

Illinois Policy Institute’s strategy with Workers’ Rights Amendment mirrors what House Dems have done in the past

Illinois AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Pat Devaney speaks at a press conference about the workers rights amendment on the Nov. 8 ballot at the Chicago Federation of Labor on Oct. 24. (Brian Rich/Sun-Times)

I’m writing this a few days before Election Day, but, from where I sit, if the so-called Workers’ Rights Amendment fails to pass muster with voters, a campaign fueled by the Illinois Policy Institute could take a big share of the credit.

The proposed constitutional amendment is backed to the hilt by organized labor. They’ve raised $16 million to support their cause.

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