Unions' Investment Pays Off, Court OKs Wolf's Home Care Unionization Scheme
Today, the state Supreme Court reinstated Gov. Tom Wolf’s 2015 executive order allowing more than 20,000 home care workers to be unionized. Wolf’s order was previously declared illegal and permanently enjoined by the Commonwealth Court—a decision overturned today by the Supreme Court in a 5-2 ruling.
Union Resignation Guide
Are you dissatisfied with your union representation? If so, you have the power to resign your membership without paying an agency fee. Here are pointers to guide you through the process.
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Gov. Wolf's Stealth Unionization of Home Health Care Workers
In 2015, Gov. Wolf issued an executive order paving the way for unionization of homecare workers in Pennsylvania. These workers provide in-home medical and personal care. Many of these workers are simply taking care of a family member or loved one and have no connection to government employment. Yet, Gov. Wolf is pushing to unionize these workers, a move that will greatly benefit two of the governor’s most generous campaign contributors. Read on for: - Specifics of the executive order
Read More >Wolf Only One NOT Calling Home Care Action Unionization
Governor Wolf insists his executive order does not pave the way for unionizing home care workers, but don’t tell that to United Home Care Workers of Pennsylvania (UHWP)—a self-described union backed by the SEIU and AFSCME. It sent out mailers to home care workers over the weekend urging them to join their union—and encouraging home care workers to sign up for payroll deduction of their union dues.
Read More >Ambush Election Confirms Wolf’s Deceptive Homecare Order is Union Gift
April 14, 2015, HARRISBURG, Pa.—Two lawsuits filed in Commonwealth Court last week say Gov. Wolf’s February executive order is an illegal attempt to unionize thousands of Pennsylvania homecare workers. But both the governor and his spokesman have consistently denied it does any such thing. Now, secret ballots sent to homecare workers for a union ambush election show those claims to be deceptive.
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