New bill requires Illinois’ eighth-graders to be taught the importance of unions

Illinois Review reports:

In late January new legislation, Senate Bill 2682, was introduced to the Illinois Senate mandating that all eighth-graders be taught “the history of organized labor in America” and “the collective bargaining process.”

The bill strengthens existing language so no student would be allowed to graduate eighth grade without being taught the importance of organized labor. The revised law would read:

“The teaching of history also shall include a study of the history of organized labor in America, the role of labor unions and their interaction with government in achieving the goals of a mixed free enterprise system, and the collective bargaining process.”

This legislation aims to promote a pro-government and pro-union worldview already very much embedded in Illinois’ public education system.

No word yet on whether the teachers unions want Illinois students to learn about the connection of the Chicago Mob to the union movement. Also, no word yet on whether the teachers unions think students should learn about "taking the fifth" in murder investigations.