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Illinois voters to decide on worker rights constitutional amendment June 9, 2021 10:54 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg
Demonstrators rally in support of Wisconsin workers at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois, Feb. 26, 2011. | Seth Perlman / AP
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. In yet another example of how state elections make and will make a practical difference in workers’ lives and livelihoods, Illinois voters will decide in November 2022 whether to enshrine the right to collective bargaining and a ban on so-called “right to work” laws, in the state constitution.
Aiming to have a voice in school decision-making, educators at Latin School of Chicago have voted this week in support of forming a teachers union. The new Latin School Union, which will represent faculty at all three schools within Latin Upper, Middle and Lower is affiliated with the Illinois Federation of Teachers, the IFT said in a Thursday statement. Tuition at the prestigious private .