Two labor unions in Illinois are battling it out for the right to represent nearly 49,000 home child-care workers. Ballots sent out last week ask the workers to choose if they want to be represented by the Service Employees International Union or the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees. SEIU has been trying to organize child-care providers who work out of their homes for nine years. The organization has accused AFSCME of stepping in at the last minute in violation of the AFL-CIO constitution. AFSCME says it is better suited for the kind of state-level bargaining the workers will have to do and charges that the SEIU is trying to deny the workers the freedom of choice by attempting to undermine the vote. The AFL-CIO has scheduled a hearing on the matter for today and a ruling is expected within the next seven days. Voting ends on April 6th.