We have reported several times on the move by unions and state governments to collude in pushing unwitting home day care providers into “unions.” Four providers in Michigan have taken the issue to court, exposing the move for the underhanded scheme that it is. Even though the agency created to manage the strange government-union entity had been defunded by state legislators, the Home Based Child Care Council has continued to operate because, as Michigan Department of Human Services spokesman Elijah Woods III said, the Legislature had not included specific language to cut off the funding. The case has been bumped up to the Michigan Supreme Court and should be decided within a couple of months.
