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Tag: dues

State Continues to Duck Central Question of Home Care Status

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Wed May 12, 2010 at 01:57:37 PM EST
Tags: Mackinac Center, Loar v. DHS, Michigan, Granholm, Unions, Day Care, Dues, Supreme Court (all tags)

Some information I am passing along from the Mackinac center.. ~ J.

In Loar v. DHS, state's meager 12-page Supreme Court brief concedes the main issue by never addressing it, notes Mackinac Center attorney

In a filing yesterday with the Michigan Supreme Court in the lawsuit Loar v. DHS, Mackinac Center attorney Patrick J. Wright lodged a response to a Department of Human Services brief that he later described as a "thin hodge-podge of technicalities." The filing by Wright, director of the Mackinac Center Legal Foundation, called on the Supreme Court to immediately rule in favor of the home day care business owners the Mackinac Center represents in the case.

The Center's lawsuit seeks to end the DHS' illegal diversion of so-called "union dues" from state subsidy checks that home-based day care providers receive for watching children from low-income families. The supposed "dues" are funneled to a government employee union that purports to represent more than 40,000 of Michigan's home-based day care providers, even though they are private business owners and independent contractors.

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Stopping Card Check

By apackof2, Section News
Posted on Wed Mar 04, 2009 at 10:28:59 AM EST
Tags: card check, union, uaw, petition, dues, letter, template (all tags)

(Promoted by Nick...)

I am a recent GM retiree and a Union member. I have had intimate experience with the UAW during my 30 years as a GM employee. I believe there was a time where the Union did serve a purpose. However, my experience has shown that the UAW has become what at one time they fought against, a bloated, corrupt, bureaucracy run on nepotism.

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