A divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court has reversed a Commonwealth Court decision that struck down much of Gov. Tom Wolf’s executive order creating a process for organizing home care workers.

The high court on Aug. 21 ruled 5-2 to vacate the lower court’s ruling, rejecting its finding that Wolf’s order improperly gave direct-care workers, referred to in the opinion as DCWs, the power to collectively bargain in contravention of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Act and the Pennsylvania Employee Relations Act.

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