Commentary: Amendment 1 is a property tax hike in disguise – Chicago Sun-Times*

Mailee Smith is director of labor policy and staff attorney at the Illinois Policy Institute: "If Amendment 1 does not pass, government workers would still keep their right to collectively bargain. Contrary to messaging from its supporters, workers would lose no rights and no workers would lose their jobs. But its passage would mean Illinoisans’ pocketbooks could take another hit during a time of record inflation, when it is already difficult to make ends meet."