Welcome to this week's National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation video news update. The U.S. Supreme Court announced this week that it will hear the National Right to Work Foundation's 17th case before the Court: Harris v. Quinn. The case stems from a legal challenge initiated by eight Illinois homecare providers with the help of National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys against executive orders issued by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn and his disgraced (and now incarcerated) predecessor, Rod Blagojevich. Quinn and Blagojevich's executive orders are aimed to forcing unwilling homecare providers under SEIU union boss control. Under the Governors' decrees, personal care providers are considered "public employees" for the purposes of union organizing, a move that has since forced thousands of unwilling care providers into the SEIU's forced dues-paying ranks. In the Harris v. Quinn case, the Supreme Court must decide if forcing homecare providers to affiliate with a union and subsidize union activities violates their rights to free expression and association. The Supreme Court Justices' decision could have an impact on several states with similar unionization schemes geared toward the unionization of home-based childcare providers, such as those occurring in Rhode Island and Minnesota. For more information about this case, visit the Foundation's webpage at www.nrtw.org. Thank you.

• published: 04 Oct 2013
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