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  Appeals panel: Despite Janus decision, still no class actions vs unions over illegally collected fees

  By Jonathan Bilyk | Friday, Dec 7, 2018 @ 6:07pm

  A federal appeals panel in Chicago has again rejected an attempt by a group of home caregivers to bring a class action lawsuit against the labor union they say used an Illinois state law to unconstitutionally grab $32 million in fees from their pay, as the judges said the decision holds up even when reevaluated in light of a recent Supreme Court decision further restricting unions’ abilities to force non-union public workers to pay such fees.

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