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.
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