102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
HC0034
 
Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
ILCON Art. I, Sec. 25 new

     Proposes to amend the Bill of Rights Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that employees shall have the fundamental right to organize and to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing for the purpose of negotiating wages, hours, and working conditions, and to protect their economic welfare and safety at work.  Provides that no law shall be passed that interferes with, negates, or diminishes the right of employees to organize and bargain collectively over their wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment and work place safety, including any law or ordinance that prohibits the execution or application of agreements between employers and labor organizations that represent employees requiring membership in an organization as a condition of employment. Provides that these provisions are controlling over home rule powers. Effective upon being declared adopted.
  


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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

  
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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

  
 
  
3    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
4HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE 
5SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the 
6electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general 
7election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption 
8of this resolution a proposition to amend the Illinois 
9Constitution in Article I by adding Section 25 as follows: 
  
 

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ARTICLE I 


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BILL OF RIGHTS


12    (ILCON Art. I, Sec. 25 new)
13SECTION 25. WORKERS' RIGHTS
14    (a) Employees shall have the fundamental right to organize 
15and to bargain collectively through representatives of their 
16own choosing for the purpose of negotiating wages, hours, and 
17working conditions, and to protect their economic welfare and 
18safety at work.  No law shall be passed that interferes with, 
19negates, or diminishes the right of employees to organize and 
20bargain collectively over their wages, hours, and other terms 
21and conditions of employment and work place safety, including 
22any law or ordinance that prohibits the execution or 
23application of agreements between employers and labor 
 
 
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1organizations that represent employees requiring membership in 
2an organization as a condition of employment.
3    (b) The provisions of this Section are controlling over 
4those of Section 6 of Article VII.
 
  
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SCHEDULE

  
6    This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being 
7declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois 
8Constitutional Amendment Act.