Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed Senate Bills 790 and 791 earlier this month to falsely reclassify direct care workers as public employees so the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) can pressure them onto the union’s membership rolls and enrich itself off caregivers’ paychecks. Can you believe that? This is just the way Democrats are running Michigan now. And Whitmer, who does everything to help enrich union bosses instead of union workers, was eager to turn this into law.
Thankfully, Republicans fought Democrats on this. And Rep. Cavitt led the way by lambasting their move to reward their political allies, noting that a bipartisan majority of Michigan voters rejected the scheme back in 2012.
It’s truly remarkable the amount of damage Democrats are doing in Michigan. These new laws allow union bosses skim dues from Michiganders who provide in-home care for their loved ones. We wouldn’t know this today if Republicans like Rep. Cavitt didn’t fight back.
Here’s what Rep. Cavitt had to say:
“Democrats continue to use their total control of state government to hand out favors to their political allies — robbing the people of Michigan to reward their own friends,” said Cavitt, R-Cheboygan. “In their latest self-dealing move, Democrats are giving union bosses the green light to cut the paychecks of the hard-working Michiganders caring for their loved ones’ essential daily needs. Seniors and people with disabilities are grateful their family members can support them, and caregivers should keep the income they earn for their work. The people of our state stood up for family caregivers and rejected this corrupt scheme in 2012, but Democrat politicians are violating the will of the voters and disregarding the needs of Michigan families.”
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