Understanding Illinois: Rauner-Pritzker a Classic Capital-Labor Fight for Illinois
•April 4, 2018•
By Jim Nowlan
NP Guest Columnist
The November election contest between Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democratic challenger J. B. Pritzker is shaping up to be largely a classic conflict between capital and labor.
Mushy moderate that I am, I wonder if there is any constructive middle ground on this topic for Illinois in the foreseeable future.
Rauner made his money as a private equity investor. His company borrows money to buy companies, pumps them up and sells them for a big profit. Doing so requires a hard-nose approach to employees.
Rauner’s disdain for labor unions is well known. He initiated efforts that have resulted in a present case before the U.S. Supreme Court that will likely strip public employee unions of the capacity to require non-union employees to pay union dues.
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