Pamela Harris fought the law, and she won

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Pamela Harris says she had one reason for going to battle with the powerful Service Employees International Union.

“ … I don’t want anyone to get between me and caring for my son,” Harris said Monday, shortly after learning the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to government unions that sought to organize home-care workers and others not directly employed by government.

The high court ruled 5-4 that groups, such as home-care workers, cannot be compelled to pay representation fees or dues to labor unions.

Harris, a Lake County mother, is caring for her adult disabled son, Josh, and receiving assistance from the state of Illinois to do so.

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