Union Beats Chicago Grad Workers’ Suit Over Pro-Palestine Stance

A federal judge rejected a group of University of Chicago graduate students’ request to block their union from charging them dues, following claims they were being unconstitutionally forced to support and finance a union they accused of antisemitism in its support of Palestine.

Judge John F. Kness of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Tuesday granted a United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America affiliate’s motion to dismiss the case, ruling that the group of students can’t invoke the First Amendment to challenge the University of Chicago Graduate Student Union’s collective bargaining agreement. The ...