WINNING THE WAR ON WAGES:

Following the Supreme Court ruling, the Freedom Foundation, a free-market think tank in Washington, put in a public records request for the contact information of workers who now had the right to opt out. The Freedom Foundation then informed the child-care workers that they now have the right not to join the union.

Workers have opted out in droves. In slightly over a year more than half of all state-paid child-care workers in Washington have chosen not to be union members. In summer 2014 (the last measurement unaffected by Harris v. Quinn), there were 6,633 child-care providers, and 100% had their dues deducted. By August 2015 there were 7,103 child-care providers, and 3,451, or 48.6%, were paying dues.

Informing workers of their opt-out rights is crucial because home-care workers must affirmatively reject union membership. If they do nothing, the state will automatically deduct union dues from their paycheck.

The SEIU must feel it is selling a lousy product because it has sued to block the release of home health-care workers' contact information. 

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