Awhile back there was discussion on this forum about childcare unions and thought that some would like to hear this.


Mott Community College agreement with Department of Human Services enforcing union dues on childcare providers dissolved
FLINT, Michigan -A controversial agreement that started at Mott Community College between the Michigan Department of Human Services and the Michigan Home Based Child Care Council that allowed union dues to be collected from home-based child care providers has been dissolved.

The Michigan Home Based Child Care Council will no longer collect union dues from home-based child care providers, Director Maura D. Corrigan announced in a statement Tuesday.

"The council has not delivered on its original goals to enhance and improve the delivery of quality care for children whose parents receive assistance from the department," Corrigan said in a prepared statement. "That's why we will stop all funding and, because these providers are not state employees, will also cease collecting union dues."

The Mackinac Center Legal Foundation sued DHS in 2009 - on behalf of three childcare providers that included a Flint provider - for allegedly forming an "illegal union" for home-based daycare providers using an agreement with Mott Community College.

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