Yes. But the ruling last week only applied to public unions. Daycare workers are not in a public union. Confusing. I do hope this expands to private sector unions.
I see your point. The home healthcare workers might have been classified as state employees.
“Daycare workers are not in a public union.“
Here in Illinois they were forced by law to pay dues money to a public sector union, most of them quite against their will. This suit seeks repayment of dues forcibly extracted from the plaintiffs.
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But they were forced to pay dues to a public sector union.
That ruling may have been specific only to public sector unions, but it doesn’t mean the same legal reasoning wouldn’t apply to non-public sector unions. The court probably just needs to get another case in front of it with a different situation in order to extend the ruling.
Isn't there a similar case going thru the Michigan system?
The unions sought to ‘unionize’ them on the basis that having public funds go to the daycare worker made them public employees, and thus under the union. Therefore, the SCOTUS decision would apply
>>Yes. But the ruling last week only applied to public unions. Daycare workers are not in a public union. <<
We have to assume that in the instant case the union was indeed a public union.
It’s a foot in the door. Let’s see how it plays out.