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In anticipation of an anti-labor ruling in the potentially landmark Supreme Court Case Janus v. AFSCME that is set to be decided on Monday, an Illinois union is suing Gov. Bruce Rauner over an Illinois state law. The Supreme Court’s ruling in Janus will determine whether it is constitutional for unions to collect so-called “fair-share” fees. A decision in favor of Janus will overturn a more than 40-year-old law that allows labor unions to collect dues from all employees it represents, regardless of whether they favor of union representation. Local 150 of the Operating Engineers expects that the current Supreme Court Justices will rule in favor of Janus, and thus make the entire country right-to-work. The local has filed a suit against Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, in order to try to undo unions’ legal duty to represent all workers within a bargaining unit, and instead make it so that they will only have to represent workers who pay union dues.