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Lawsuit seeks to overturn Michigan home caregivers’ unionization vote
The foundation says 73% of 32,000 workers backed unionization after lawmakers reclassified home caregivers as state employees.
- The Mackinac Center Legal Foundation filed a lawsuit earlier this month to overturn a vote by 32,000 home caregivers to unionize under SEIU Healthcare Michigan, challenging their reclassification as state employees for collective bargaining.
- Michigan's Democratic-controlled legislature passed two laws in 2024 reclassifying home caregivers as state employees solely for collective bargaining purposes, which the lawsuit claims bypasses Michigan Civil Service Commission authority over state employment.
- Of the 32,000 home care workers who voted last year, 73% supported unionization, marking the largest union election victory in the Midwest since auto workers organized in the 1940s.
- Representing former Michigan Civil Service Commission member James 'Jase' Bolger, the lawsuit argues the legislative changes are 'novel and unconstitutional,' alleging they strip the commission of its plenary authority over state employment.
- Senior attorney Derk Wilcox noted the national SEIU spent more than $35 million last election cycle, with 99.9% going to Democratic-aligned groups, raising concerns about state reclassification facilitating political manipulation through dues collection.
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Lawsuit seeks to overturn Michigan home caregivers’ unionization vote - The Daily Bo Snerdley
(The Center Square) – The Mackinac Center Legal Foundation is suing Michigan over its reclassification of home caregivers as state employees for collective bargaining purposes. The lawsuit, filed earlier this month, seeks to overturn last year’s vote by home caregivers to unionize under SEIU Healthcare Michigan. The vote followed the passage of two laws in 2024 by Michigan’s Democratic-controlled legislature that reclassified the workers as st…
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