Ecorse, in the shadow of Detroit, has struggled since 1986 with corrupt public officials and overspending. In 2009, former Gov. Jennifer Granholm elected Joyce Parker as Ecorse city manager. By privatizing most services, restructuring the city's debt and renegotiating union contracts where she could, Ecorse has gone from spending $5 million more a year than it took in to achieving solvency in the face of bankruptcy. "She has been a savior for our city," says city resident William Holmes.
SEIU TAKES $30M and Counting FROM Michigan HOME HEALTH CARE AIDES
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Skimmed Since 2007
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Skimmed since Arrival in MI Senate in June 2011
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Skimmed since bill was signed April 10, 2012; awaiting executive action
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
"organized” Michigan's self-employed home health aides for the purpose
of skimming dues from their ailing and disabled clients' Medicaid subsidy checks.
The first counter tallies SEIU dues skimmed since the union and state officials
first launched this scheme in 2007. The second shows the amount skimmed since June 9, 2011, when the Michigan House passed and
sent to the Senate a bill to ban this and all similar “stealth unionization” efforts.