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A police union and a group of Arlington Heights police officers filed suit against the village, claiming that officials are violating state law by preventing officers from forming a union for sergeants.

At issue is a state constitutional amendment that guarantees the right to unionize, and a subsequent change in Arlington Heights’ method of promoting officers to the rank of sergeant.

Read the full story from the Tribune’s Robert McCoppin .

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