Cameron Harrison at People’s World reports the chants from thrilled Home Care Workers, in a sea of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) purple, echoed through the streets of Downtown Detroit, culminating in a victory rally outside SEIU Healthcare’s Michigan offices. The rally’s message was simple - but powerful: “We got our Union back!” The declaration, made by Home Health Care Worker and Organizer Rodney Tate to a cheering crowd, marked the end of a two-year struggle and the beginning of a new chapter for nearly 32,000 Michigan Home Care Workers. By an overwhelming vote of 73% in support, they voted to join SEIU Healthcare Michigan, forming the largest Union election victory in the Midwest since Auto Workers organized in the 1940s. “This is history - and we were told we couldn’t do it,” Tate proclaimed, his voice ringing with joy after a fought-and-won struggle. “We were told we couldn’t get those Bills passed. We were told we would never get a Union. And we did it, didn’t we?” The Bills in reference were SB 790 and 791, which granted the right to organize back to Michigan’s Home Health Care Workers. The victory is a reversal of the damage inflicted by former Anti-Worker Republican Governor Rick Snyder. In 2012, his Administration rammed through so-called Right-To-Work (for less) legislation that stripped Public Employee status- and thus Union Rights, from tens of thousands of Home Care Workers and tore up their hard-won contract.

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