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Special Exercises Match the Following Statements About the Service Employees International Union

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Match the following statements about the Service Employees International Union, SEIU and home healthcare workers. You may use a response once, more than once, or not at all.

Premises:
The SEIU represents almost 2 million public service workers, nurses, hospital staff, nursing home care providers, building services and security guards in North America.
In Michigan, families caring for disabled relatives receive Medicare and Medicaid payments.
The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled the SEIU Healthcare Michigan, does not have to pay back more than $34 million in dues collected from over 40,000 home healthcare workers.
The Service Employees International Union, SEIU, automatically received dues that were deducted from the Medicare and Medicaid checks before reaching the families, because the family members were classified as public employees.
SEIU will now have to design appeals to workers to pay dues instead of automatically collecting dues.
In Michigan, union membership of home healthcare workers dropped by 80% after declassifying them as public employees, thereby no longer requiring them to be in a union and pay dues.
The Supreme Court decision in Harris et al vs. Quinn allows home healthcare workers to opt out of paying union fees even if the union bargains on their behalf.
Approximately 40,000 other Michigan workers will not be able to get their dues money back because the case was dismissed.
The SEIU represents about 2 million workers across the U.S.
The Michigan Court of Appeals ruling was in favor of SEIU Healthcare Michigan's motion to have the case dismissed because the union had paid back dues to the two plaintiffs who had filed suit demanding repayment of the dues they were forced to pay.
Responses:
Benefits both SEIU and workers
Benefits SEIU
Benefits neither SEIU or workers
Benefits workers

Correct Answer:

The SEIU represents almost 2 million public service workers, nurses, hospital staff, nursing home care providers, building services and security guards in North America.
In Michigan, families caring for disabled relatives receive Medicare and Medicaid payments.
The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled the SEIU Healthcare Michigan, does not have to pay back more than $34 million in dues collected from over 40,000 home healthcare workers.
The Service Employees International Union, SEIU, automatically received dues that were deducted from the Medicare and Medicaid checks before reaching the families, because the family members were classified as public employees.
SEIU will now have to design appeals to workers to pay dues instead of automatically collecting dues.
In Michigan, union membership of home healthcare workers dropped by 80% after declassifying them as public employees, thereby no longer requiring them to be in a union and pay dues.
The Supreme Court decision in Harris et al vs. Quinn allows home healthcare workers to opt out of paying union fees even if the union bargains on their behalf.
Approximately 40,000 other Michigan workers will not be able to get their dues money back because the case was dismissed.
The SEIU represents about 2 million workers across the U.S.
The Michigan Court of Appeals ruling was in favor of SEIU Healthcare Michigan's motion to have the case dismissed because the union had paid back dues to the two plaintiffs who had filed suit demanding repayment of the dues they were forced to pay.
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