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The basketball legend had vowed to donate the cash this summer after winning an $8.9 million jury verdict against Dominick’s for the unauthorized use of his name in an advertisement.
No worker should be forced to pay a union in order to have or hold onto a job. Workers in Lincolnshire are now the first in Illinois to be guaranteed this basic right, as the Village Board voted Dec. 14 to adopt local Right to Work.
Comment: Just a reminder that Rahm has three other crises on his hands besides police conduct — Homan Square, CHA nonfeasance and a third to come soon. Oops, forgot a fourth — Chicago is bankrupt.
Comment: The Left around the country is starting to really come down on Chicago.
By: Mark Glennon* We told you early this year that right-to-work would likely come to Illinois but it would have nothing to do with what Governor Rauner or the General Assembly do in Springfield, and it would come locally. That’s what happened last night in Lincolnshire, where the village board, by a five to one vote, made the town a right to work zone. This was not like other votes taken earlier this year by other towns, which were nonbinding expressions of policy. Lincolnshire actually enacted right-to-work, and it potentially sets a huge precedent. You may recall
Comment: A Chicago Inspector General with full funding and authority should be a no-brainer if the City had a shred of genuine interest in reform. Cover-up isn’t limited to police misconduct around here.
Local cities and schools may be looking at preemptive strikes to battle the possibility of a statewide property tax freeze.
Hundreds of thousands of Illinois workers are forced to pay union dues to keep their jobs. But close by, worker freedom reigns.
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