That means some 44,000 workers did not wish to be part of the SEIU, when given the choice.<\/span><\/p>\nTed O\u2019Neil, media relations manager for the Mackinac Center, said plummeting SEIU membership is a clear sign that the forced unionization of home healthcare workers was never something those people wanted.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cAll 44,000 of those caregivers who were originally forced into the union are free to go back and join,\u201d he told The Daily Caller. \u201cIt\u2019s very telling of what worker freedom means to people.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\nDrop the word “worker”. \u00a0When people have the freedom to say “no” to things that don’t work for them, real change happens.<\/p>\n
I bring this up because it’s an issue that should resonate with Minnesotans, where the DFL is trying to force healthcare and childcare workers into AFSCME and the SEIU, respectively. \u00a0They’re doing it for exactly the same reason as they did it in Michigan – to skim dues for their management and the Democrat party that gives them all the goodies:<\/p>\n
The dues-skimming scheme was set up in 2006, after the SEIU identified home-based healthcare workers as a potential revenue source. Democratic Governor Jennifer Granholm helped facilitate the process by setting up a by-mail election for union representation for home-based caregivers. Some said they never received ballots and were unaware of what had happened.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe Minnesota plan – which is currently under a court injunction – would be exactly the same scam.<\/p>\n
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