In Michigan parents of handicapped children who receive state aid are classified as home health care workers. As such, they are considered state workers and, by default, members of the state workers union, SEIU. Every month, the state sends $30 per child to the union for union dues. Remember we're talking about parents taking care of their kids. Why should they be considered state workers? They do not get a salary from the state. They have no manager to whom they report. They don't earn a vacation from their job. In any sort of rational world, they are not state workers. Yet, they have been making their monthly payment for five years now. To top it off, they get zero union benefits.
It is possible that other states, such as Connecticut where I now live, have adopted a similar 'rule'.
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