Supporters declare victory in workers’ rights amendment battle — but other side not ready to concede

A group of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 1 union members picket outside the Chicago Nabisco plant in the Marquette Park neighborhood in 2021. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times file)

Six days after the final vote was cast, a state constitutional amendment guaranteeing collective bargaining rights inched close enough to passage Monday that its supporters declared victory.

“Yes for Workers’ Rights!” Gov. J.B. Pritzker tweeted.