Supreme Court to take up major union case after deadlocking in similar case
by By Kim Geiger, Chicago Tribune
Sep 28, 2017
3 minutes
CHICAGO - The U.S. Supreme Court will take up an Illinois case originally brought by Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner that challenges the practice of government employee unions collecting fees from nonmembers, a question the court deadlocked over last year.
In one of his first acts in office, the Republican governor attempted to halt the passing along of the union fees in order to invite a legal challenge of the practice. The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to consider the lawsuit that resulted.
A similar case out of
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