In 2022 Illinois became the fifth state to pass a Constitutional Amendment protecting the rights of workers. Unlike other states, however, Illinois voters passed a ballot measure to create what is arguably the strongest constitutional provisions protecting collective bargaining in the country. PMCR presents two thought pieces on the Amendment. The first paper, by Professor Matt Finkin, includes an explanation of the need for a statute or constitutional right situating worker collective representation in the political climate that has prevailed in the country since labor-hostile Republican legislatures took control of state houses in 2010. The second is a brief commentary by Dave Amerson, Staff Attorney for the Illinois Police Benevolent and Protective Association. Amerson is not hedging. The Worker Rights Amendment is a game changer or in his opinion, it should be. Read the full piece here.
ADVANCING WORKER’S STATE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS | Illinois as a Model
In 2022 Illinois became the fifth state to pass a Constitutional Amendment protecting the rights of workers. Unlike other states, however, Illinois voters passed a ballot measure to create what is arguably the strongest constitutional provisions protecting collective bargaining in the country. PMCR presents two thought pieces on the Amendment.
The first paper, by Professor Matt Finkin, includes an explanation of the need for a statute or constitutional right situating worker collective representation in the political climate that has prevailed in the country since labor-hostile Republican legislatures took control of state houses in 2010. The second is a brief commentary by Dave Amerson, Staff Attorney for the Illinois Police Benevolent and Protective Association. Amerson is not hedging. The Worker Rights Amendment is a game changer or in his opinion, it should be.
Read the full piece here.