Hot Air reported yesterday on the forced unionization of a cottage industry in Michigan. Michelle Berry is an entrepreneur who runs a day-care business in her home. She thought she was a private business owner. Well, think again.
According to the article:
"She thought that she owned her own business, but Berry's been told she is now a government employee and union member. It's not voluntary. Suddenly, Berry and 40,000 other Michigan private day-care providers have learned that union dues are being taken out of the child-care subsidies the state sends them. The "union" is a creation of AFSCME, the government workers union, and the United Auto Workers."
To me, the obvious problem here is that Ms. Berry accepted the child-care subsidy from the state. I wonder if she would have been enrolled in union membership had she refused this money.
The article points out the dangers of growing government interference in our lives and the growing power of unions within government. The article details what the future will look like unless we begin to change how we govern.
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