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By THE MC Mackinac Center Blog, Section News
Posted on Wed Jan 06, 2010 at 08:53:29 AM EST
Tags: Mackinac Center; Day Care; Case (all tags)

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Patrick J. Wright, director of the Mackinac Center Legal Foundation, said he will explore further options after the Michigan Court of Appeals dismissed — without explanation — the foundation's lawsuit against the state Department of Human Services in a case aimed at preventing union dues from being taken from home-based day care owners.

"The court's decision is unfortunate," said Wright, "since without a vote of the Legislature, the DHS cannot treat our clients as government employees. But what complicates matters is that the court announced its decision in a single sentence and didn't explain its rationale."

The case, in which the state and two unions created a shell corporation in order to siphon nearly $4 million in union dues from subsidy checks that day care operators get on behalf of low-income parents, has received statewide media attention since it was filed in September.

Tuesday's announcement received coverage by WILX, WNEM and WEYI television stations, The Flint Journal and Lansing State Journal.

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Private Business Owners Remain Union Captives | 3 comments (3 topical, 0 hidden)

Doublethink (none / 0) (#2)
by Bruce on Wed Jan 06, 2010 at 10:34:43 AM EST

blackwhite- The ability to accept whatever "truth" the party puts out, no matter how absurd it may be. Orwell described it as "...loyal willingness to say black is white when party discipline demands this. It also means the ability to believe that black is white, and more, to know black is white, and forget that one has ever believed the contrary."

-- 1984

Defund the Court? (none / 0) (#3)
by BruceB on Wed Jan 06, 2010 at 10:35:32 AM EST

What arrogance! These justices? think they can rule without comment. In America don't Americans rule following the rule of law? Can the legislative branch defund the Supreme Court? I read a story recently about the Federal Govt defunding various Federal judges around 1800.

What If (none / 0) (#4)
by grannynanny on Wed Jan 06, 2010 at 08:05:24 PM EST

I work for a company that has done occassional consulting for the state along with service, repair and sales. According to the court and Granholm, they can just arbitrarily deduct union dues from our invoices because we "may" fall under the guise of union representation? Same thing that happened to the day care workers. Interesting - I hope they do appeal to the MSC and get a full hearing and explanation.

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