CON AMEND-BARGAINING FREEDOM
Summary
Proposes to amend the Bill of Rights Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that collective bargaining is fundamentally necessary to protect the economic welfare and safety of all workers in the public and private sectors. Provides that no law shall be passed that restricts or interferes with the ability of workers to join together and collectively bargain over wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment, including any law that prohibits or restricts the right of private sector employers and employees, through a representative of their own choosing, to enter into and administer union security agreements, should they choose. Effective upon being declared adopted.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 23, 2020
Last action Feb 19, 2020
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Total actions
9
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Jan 27, 2020
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
0 primary · 5 co-sponsors
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