A new labor policy report ranks Illinois near the bottom among states – Center Square

Illinois ranked 42nd overall in the report, scoring near the bottom for average 10-year private sector employment growth. “Overall, they really didn’t have many private sector worker protections, it's not a Right-to-Work state, and don’t have some of the same protections as some of the other states,” said Alan Jernigan, manager of the ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force.