a:3:{s:16:"field_story_body";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:724:"In 2006, then-Governor Jennifer Granholm established the Michigan Home Based Child Care Council, an agency that was set up to serve as the &quot;employer&quot; of 40,000 home based day care providers in the state.&nbsp; Only a small percentage of those providers participated in a vote to unionize.&nbsp; Many providers didn't even know they had been unionized until they were notified by mail after the vote.&nbsp; DHS Director Maura Corrigan has pulled the plug on funding for the MHBCCC, which effectively ends the forced unionization of these home-based day care providers.&nbsp; Read the full story at:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/14689">www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/14689</a><br />";s:6:"format";s:1:"2";}}s:17:"field_story_image";a:1:{i:0;a:10:{s:3:"fid";s:4:"1314";s:4:"list";s:1:"1";s:4:"data";a:3:{s:11:"description";s:0:"";s:3:"alt";s:0:"";s:5:"title";s:0:"";}s:3:"uid";s:2:"21";s:8:"filename";s:12:"Day_care.jpg";s:8:"filepath";s:39:"sites/default/files/images/Day_care.jpg";s:8:"filemime";s:10:"image/jpeg";s:8:"filesize";s:5:"20236";s:6:"status";s:1:"1";s:9:"timestamp";s:10:"1304616084";}}s:12:"field_weight";a:1:{i:0;a:1:{s:5:"value";s:2:"10";}}}