Unions no longer booing Quinn now that Rauner is on the stage

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois AFL-CIO President Michael Carrigan stood with Gov. Pat Quinn at the State Fair on Wednesday to try to send a clear message that all of organized labor stands behind the Democrat’s re-election. Given that just two years ago union members booed Quinn off this very same stage over pension reform, you get a measure of labor’s fear and loathing of Republican nominee Bruce Rauner, who in his primary campaign railed against “union bosses.” While Rauner has since toned down that rhetoric and tried to emphasize that his fight is only with public employee unions, Carrigan said the unions are not fooled by Rauner trying to have it both ways. “Bruce Rauner is the problem, not the...