Anti-Union Workers Can't Sue as Class

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has ruled that nonunionized child care providers in Michigan can't form a class with union members to sue over union dues being deducted from their state subsidies, Courthouse News' Lorraine Bailey reports.

Under a collective bargaining agreement, all home child care providers in Michigan who were receiving state subsidies had to become a union member or have a portion of their subsidies deducted to cover union costs (the progam of collective bargaining at issue has since ended). The Sixth Circuit said the proposed class of 40,000 childcare workers was problematic for including any provider--whether they voted to join the union or not.