Boston Globe: In Harris v. Quinn, the US Supreme Court in June struck down a similar Illinois law, ruling that individuals who indirectly receive state subsidies based on their clientele cannot be forced to pay compulsory union fees. The court’s ruling rendered unconstitutional similar home-care unionization laws in 14 other states, according to the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, the group that filed the federal lawsuit in the Illinois case. Last Friday, SEIU officials notified Massachusetts home child-care providers that they will not collect dues from anyone who does not want to join the union, according to Kathleen D’Agostino, a Watertown resident who is a plaintiff in the suit filed in Massachusetts. “Now here in Massachusetts we have a choice,” D’Agostino said Tuesday.
Posted on: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 14:53:47 +0000