Governor Bruce Rauner traveled outside Springfield Wednesday to continue his push to let voters decide whether to allow collective bargaining for local unions.
Rauner delivered a single, bare-bones message during scheduled stops in Peoria, Canton and Havana to support letting local voters weigh-in on whether to permit collective bargaining for government and private unions:
“They should control what collective bargaining occurs inside their schools, and they should control whether local employers need to be closed shop, forced-unionization or free-employment flexibility.”
It’s part of Rauner’s push for creating local right-to-work zones that unions oppose. Rauner made his comments following a brief appearance at the Downstate Illinois Occupational Safety and Health Day event in Peoria.