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DETROIT — Michigan Democrats passed a “dues skim” law to unionize caregivers with less than a month to go until Election Day, signaling the party knows its time could be up controlling the Great Lakes State come 2025.
The dues-skim law would force about 30,000 of these home-help workers into paying dues to the Service Employees International Union. Public employees have the First Amendment right to opt out from the union. But opt outs are difficult, and there is no requirement employees be informed of their right to do so.Trump poised to flip two Biden swing states by taking his voters back from Harris
“Just because it’s October now doesn’t mean we need to go down the road of ‘The Walking Dead’ and resurrect these zombies from Michigan’s political past,” Schuette told The Post.In this election year, lawmaking has been slow. The House hadn’t met for a session since June until Sept. 25. The SEIU stands to take in millions in dues from home-help workers who don’t know they have the right to opt out.Patrick Wright, vice president of legal affairs for the Mackinac Center, a Michigan free-market think tank, said because home-help workers are employed by the Department of Health and Human Services, they are public employees — who have a right to opt out of unions thanks to a 2018 US Supreme Court ruling in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees.
Lawmakers have not taken action on the coming elimination of tipped wages in Michigan, despite warnings from all sides the new pay scale will push some restaurants to the brink of closure.
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