{"id":37256,"date":"2014-06-30T10:43:56","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T14:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smart-union.dev\/news\/court-public-union-cant-make-nonmembers-pay-fees\/"},"modified":"2014-06-30T10:43:56","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T14:43:56","slug":"court-public-union-cant-make-nonmembers-pay-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/court-public-union-cant-make-nonmembers-pay-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"Public unions can&#039;t make non-members pay fees","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13744\" style=\"margin: 4px 12px;border: black 1px solid\" alt=\"scales_gavel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/scales_gavel.jpeg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>WASHINGTON &#8212; The Supreme Court dealt a blow to public sector unions Monday, ruling that thousands of home health care workers in Illinois cannot be required to pay fees that help cover the union&#8217;s costs of collective bargaining.<\/p>\n<p>In a 5-4 split along ideological lines, the justices said the practice violates the First Amendment rights of nonmembers who disagree with the positions that unions take.<\/p>\n<p>Read the complete story at the <a href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/U\/US_SUPREME_COURT_UNION_FEES?SITE=AP&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;CTIME=2014-06-30-10-08-45\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON &#8212; The Supreme Court dealt a blow to public sector unions Monday, ruling that thousands of home health care workers in Illinois cannot be required to pay fees that help cover the union&#8217;s costs of collective bargaining. 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