struck down<\/a> Illinois’ scheme to force mothers like Pam Harris and Susie Watts to pay forced fees to the SEIU as a condition of caring for their own children in their own homes, as part of a Medicaid program to provide care for children with significant disabilities.<\/p>\nThe U.S. Supreme Court announced October 1, 2013 that it will hear the National Right to Work Foundation’s 17th case before the Court: Harris v. Quinn<\/i>.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Quinn and Blagojevich issued executive orders aimed at forcing unwilling homecare providers into a union. Under the Governors’ decrees, personal care providers are considered \u00abpublic employees\u00bb 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.<\/p>\n