Posted on 05/27/2011 6:59:06 AM PDT by MichCapCon
The “stealth unionization” of independent contractors who either work for state government or whose customers accept government health and welfare benefits was dealt a blow by a Michigan House committee on Tuesday with the approval of House Bill 4003. Sponsored by Rep. Paul Opsommer, R-Dewitt, the bill is a response to a highly controversial policy implemented under the Granhom administration whereby tens of thousands of home day care workers and home health care workers were forcibly corralled into a government employee union under the pretext that their customers received some form of government assistance.
An estimated $8 million in union dues per year are taken from these two groups and handed over to state government employee unions run by the United Auto Workers, AFSCME and the Service Employees International Union.
Sherry Loar of Petoskey runs a child care business out of her home. The stealth unionization plot meant that she found herself involuntarily tossed into a government union and forced to pay dues merely because some of the lower-income parents of the children she cares for accept government assistance to help them pay for her services. Loar is one of three plaintiffs who sued the State of Michigan over this policy with the help of the Mackinac Center Legal Foundation. She testified in favor of HB 4003 during a hearing last week.
“My house was placed into a union!” an outraged Loar told the House Committee on Families, Children, and Seniors.
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...some of the lower-income parents of the children she cares for accept TAXPAYER assistance to help them pay for her service....
There. Fixed it.
So all contractors who take government contracts should be forced to unionize?
(7) (a) “Employer” means a person who engages the services of an employee, and includes all of the following:
1. A person acting on behalf of an employer within the scope of his or her authority, express or implied.
2. The University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority.
3. A local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229.
4. With respect to an employee under sub. (6) (am), the state, counties, and other administrative entities involved in regulation and subsidization of employees under sub. (6) (am).
(b) “Employer” does not include any of the following:
1. Except as provided in par. (a) 4., the state or any political subdivision thereof.
If the State cannot be considered an employer, why are they collecting Union Dues?
Yes. Call it Command Unionism.
Or CommUnism for short.
Its no different than the Boeing mess.
Exactly. It’s all about control. We might as well have The SEIU build jetliners. What could go wrong?
It shouldn’t end there, or the unions will be left with $8m essentially stolen from poor people. The State should rightfully demand that money back, as it was taken under illegitimate pretext.
I know that some of the victims have taken it upon themselves to sue for the return of the money.
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