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    Supreme Court Deals Blow To Government Unions

    The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that states may not force public employees to pay agency fees to unions of which they are not a member.
    by Scott Horsley Jun 27, 2018 2 minutes

    Updated at 10:50 a.m. ET

    In a blow to organized labor, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that government workers who choose not to join a union cannot be charged for the cost of collective bargaining.

    The vote was a predictable 5-4. Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion with the court's conservatives joining him.

    "Under Illinois law, public employees are forced to subsidize a union, even if they

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