It even collects from parents caring for their own mentally-ill children in their own home so the children won’t have to be institutionalized.
The SEIU now can claim and receive union dues from thousands, whether they want to be union members or not, because of a tricky arrangement to pay the union. It was put in place by the former Democratic governor of the state, Jennifer Granholm.
Robert and Patricia Haynes are particular victims of this odious arrangement. The couple lives in Michigan with their two adult children, who have cerebral palsy. They are eligible for Medicaid, the health program for low-income people and the disabled.
The state provides the family with Medicaid insurance. But it also treats them as employed caregivers.
The SEIU sees the Haynes family as public workers and thereby members of the union. Most government workers in Michigan must join unions.
The SEIU, in effect, snatches $30 out of the family’s monthly Medicaid payment as dues. A unique agency, the Michigan Quality Community Care Council (MQC3) acts as a co-conspirator by deducting the union dues on behalf of SEIU before the Medicare payment is made to the family.
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I am sure that the female governor would weep buckets for the kids; but in the end her love of the union dollar was greater.
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