<div><span style="font-size: larger; ">In 2009 Pam Harris had a union organizer come to her house and asked her to join his union because she was accepting state Medicaid funds to help care for her disabled son. The reason he was asking her to join the union was because she was now considered a state &ldquo;employee&rdquo; &nbsp;and was required to join his union.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: larger; ">She said no thanks and began organizing some other moms helping with their disabled children to force Illinois Governor Pat Quinn to rescind an executive order by him mandating her joining. When he refused, she went to court. Last week the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on her lawsuit and will be deciding if she has the right to not be in the union later this summer.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: larger; ">For an article on the pending suit and how it could impact forced unionization and dues paying requirments click on the following story link:</span></div>
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<div><a href="http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/17530-supreme-court-hears-forced-unionism-case-brought-by-illinois-mother"><span style="font-size: larger; ">http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/17530-supreme-court-hears-forced-unionism-case-brought-by-illinois-mother</span></a></div>