Union thugs put child at risk

From the National Right To Work Committee:

Big Labor will do ANYTHING to stuff its pockets with more forced-dues cash . . .

. . . even when that means coming between a mother and her developmentally disabled child!

I can't tell you how much it angers me to even have to write those disgusting words.

So when Illinois mom Pam Harris first told Foundation attorneys exactly what the union bosses were scheming to do to her and her family in 2011, I didn't hesitate to offer free legal aid.

But now, with only five days left until Foundation Staff Attorney William Messenger argues before the United States Supreme Court, I MUST ask for your generous tax-deductible support right away.

I can't make any promises. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

But I can tell you the union bosses are shaking in their boots about the possible ramifications of this Supreme Court fight!

You see, the Pam Harris case started in 2009 when disgraced former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich issued an Executive Order handing his Big Labor buddies a windfall, expanding their monopoly bargaining powers over home healthcare workers.

That Executive Order was expanded by Governor Pat Quinn two years later, ultimately classifying Pam Harris and thousands of others just like her all across Illinois as state employees who can be required to pay union dues or fees.

But Pam Harris isn't a state employee.

She's a stay-at-home mom taking care of her son, Josh, who requires 24/7 care due to his rare Rubenstein-Taybi condition.

As part of a state Medicaid program, she receives financial support to care for her son.

Now, the union bosses say that means she should be forced to accept Big Labor lobbying as her voice at the state capitol and pay forced dues!

Mrs. Harris has stated time and again her main concern is Big Labor suddenly stepping in and telling her how to care for her son.

I don't know about you, but I can't imagine Big Labor's work rules in that environment.

And the audacity for Big Labor to claim that moms should be forced to pay union dues just to take care of their kids is shocking to me!

But worse, it's all being done in the mad rush for money and power.

Forcing healthcare workers under Big Labor control has long been a top Big Labor priority in expanding their government-sector reach.

As I've already explained, classifying men and women like Mrs. Harris as a government-sector employee is a real stretch.

But in states like Illinois, where Big Labor has monopoly bargaining power over almost all government employees, the results have been devastating.

Wasteful work rules, public sector strikes, skyrocketing tax rates, bloated pensions and bankruptcies are all the inevitable result of union boss monopoly control.

Big Labor is literally champing at the bit to bring this madness to the home healthcare industry.

In fact, they've already started.

Today, roughly one-quarter of home healthcare workers are controlled by Big Labor.

In fact, home healthcare workers represent roughly one-third of the SEIU's total membership.

And with large segments of the U.S. population aging, the demand for home healthcare workers is expected to dramatically increase by nearly 70% by 2020!

According to the Wall Street Journal, 75% of these workers will be taking care of a family member or friend!

Yet Big Labor wants every one of these workers to pay up for the "privilege."

I'm sure you can see what a massive forced-dues cash cow this could be for Big Labor -- unless you and I stop them in their tracks.

That's why this National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation case is so critical.

As Foundation attorney William Messenger will argue, Pam Harris must not be forced to pay union dues or fees just to take care of her developmentally disabled son.

Neither should any other home healthcare worker in Illinois.

Winning that argument alone would be a huge victory.

And my hope is it will begin undoing the creeping insanity of Big Labor control of home healthcare workers all over the United States.

That possibility alone has Big Labor shaking in their boots.

But Foundation attorneys won't stop there.

Foundation attorneys are already pushing the envelope -- to argue no government-sector worker anywhere should be forced to pay union dues as a condition of employment.

If successful, this would usher in Right to Work reforms all over the country.

This would be an ENORMOUS ruling!

Today, a majority of workers toiling under forced unionism in the United States are government-sector workers. Thus, more than half of Big Labor's $14 BILLION in annual dues income could be put at risk!

Of course, it's quite possible the Court won't be willing go that far.

After all, in cases like these, before unpredictable and ideological Justices, just being "right" isn't enough.

But if Foundation attorneys prove successful -- even in freeing Illinois' home healthcare workers like Pam Harris from the specter of forced unionism -- it will be a BIG victory in this critical 2014 election year.

Union bosses have enacted similar schemes in 18 states already, and you can bet that if the court doesn’t put an end to this forced-dues cash grab now, they won’t stop there.

Let's not fool ourselves.

Despite Big Labor's phony claims, a fat chunk of the one BILLION dollars the union bosses spend every election year on politics comes from men and women like Pam Harris.

These workers are forced to cough up union dues or fees ultimately used to supportt candidates they vehemently disagree with.

And then you and I get stuck with those Big Labor-bankrolled politicians -- tax-and-spend politicians like Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton who are more concerned with paying off their Big Labor cronies than in doing what's right for America.

That's why I think this case could be so incredibly important -- and it's why I'm counting on your help.

The truth is, with the flood of Big Labor power grabs under the Obama administration, your Foundation has had its hands full.

Today, the Foundation is involved in over 230 active cases!

Each time I'm approached by someone like Mrs. Harris, I have to make a decision.

After all, with coffers stuffed with forced-dues dollars from millions of workers nationwide, I know Big Labor isn't short on cash.

Meanwhile, I'm watching our legal costs grow and grow.

And each new case means more resources are needed -- resources the Foundation is trying to raise.

But I just can't say no.

These cases -- especially the one we're set to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court next week -- are just too important to the future of our fragile Republic!

I hope you agree.

If you do, I hope you'll agree to your most generous tax-deductible contribution right away.

In fact, I hope you'll agree to $25. Or perhaps even more.

I know that's a lot. But the stakes couldn't be higher.

As I've stated, this case has the potential to be THE farthest-reaching case your Foundation has ever taken on.

Our staff attorneys are literally working around the clock to ensure every word spoken before the U.S. Supreme Court is a rock solid defense of freedom.

But if $25 is just too much, won't you please agree to $15 or at least $5?

I hope you will.

But time is running out. The countdown is on.

So please agree to your most generous contribution of $25, $15 or at least $5 TODAY!

Sincerely,

Mark Mix
President

P.S. With only five days left until Foundation Staff Attorney William Messenger argues before the United States Supreme Court, I MUST ask for your generous tax-deductible support right away.

BILLIONS of forced-dues dollars for Big Labor's political machine could be at stake!

So won't you please agree to your most generous contribution of $25, $15 or at least $5 TODAY?

Please act IMMEDIATELY!

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