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.
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
