… caregivers without their consent to use it for politics — to try and lock the dues skim into the state constitution: It failed. Every newspaper in the state … becomes a right-to-work state, no union could ever force a worker to pay dues or agency fees as a condition of employment, and unions would be forced …
… nominee Tom Price. “End the dues skim once and for all.” Harris, … place, the union directly skimmed a portion of the Medicaid … What should be done? The dues skim operates in government programs … funds to collect so-called dues or fees on behalf of labor … convenience of a government-collected dues deduction. Much like every …
… help. These funds are being skimmed away by unions claiming that they’re entitled to these dues. Ensuring that money from federal … recommends ways to end this “dues skim” and increase support for … families. How to Stop the ‘Dues Skim’ of Federal Home Health Care … ongoing, national problem of dues skimming and recommends how to end …
In Michigan, the dues skim against home-based day care providers … Silverson ended in 2011. A similar skim against home health caregivers … that this case would end dues skims nationally. It has not. … process can escape paying union dues. Attempts to decertify these … FIOA laws. To help end the dues skim nationally, the Mackinac …
… cannot automatically deduct union dues from home health care providers, a … to “unionize” home caregivers and skim money from their paychecks. The SEIU … estimated $200 million every year is skimmed from the paychecks of home health … Center learned a decade ago of unions skimming funds from those caring for society’s …
… stealth unionization of caregivers and the ensuing dues skim.” Wright also told the Detroit Free Press that … ongoing litigation aimed at returning some of the dues money” skimmed by the SEIU, and he was cited by Fox News on the …
… Employees International Union on how the union hopes to continue its "dues skim" against home-based caregivers is interesting, but more significant is … representing some of those forced to be in the union, maintains that the skim was illegal because the caregivers are not state employees — they work for …
… Service Employees International Union, which took $34 million in forced dues from home-based caregivers as part of its dues skim, has received the second biggest campaign finance violation fine in state …
… would have locked into the state constitution the skimming of millions of dollars each year from the caretakers … Jack Spencer filed 70 stories documenting the dues skim from the beginning, including articles on the … summarized what happened: "In an effort to increase dues paying members, the SEIU targeted the Medicaid …
Washington Post columnist George Will cites Michigan Capitol Confidential and its coverage of the SEIU dues skim that took $34 million from Michigan’s most vulnerable residents in a column today about a U.S. Supreme Court case involving a similar scheme in Illinois. The Mackinac Center Legal Foundation …
… present for oral arguments in Washington, D.C., Tuesday in Harris v. Quinn. The stealth unionization scheme in question in the case is similar to the dues skim inflicted upon home-based care givers in Michigan, during which the SEIU took $34 million from Michigan’s most vulnerable residents.
… including family members, who have been seeing union dues taken from the checks they receive to help provide … get another contract extension. In fact, the “dues skim” could actually end sooner than that. In addition … Care Providers Took Place - Anatomy of a Scam: Dues continue to flow
… cannot be forced to pay union dues. The ruling meant that caregivers … became known as the SEIU dues skim. It was a scheme that had … and legal battle over the dues skim included legislative efforts … the onerous nature of the dues skim, along with a daily skim-tracker that displayed a running …
… with the home health care dues skim, each were fined $500 at … choose whether they want to pay dues or fees to a union as a condition … called the "home health care dues skim," was on its last legs, as … Anti-Right-to-Work Protesters Have SEIU 'Dues Skim'Connections And End Finally In Sight for the SEIU Dues Skim
… previously were forced to pay dues or fees to the SEIU after the … homes across the state. The "dues skim" ended in 2013, but not before … caregivers affected by the dues skim. It also is more than 80 … care of loved ones. The dues skim scheme was created in 2005 … scheme with legislation. The dues skim lasted from 2006 to early …
… states from deducting union dues from checks sent to home health … sometimes referred to as a “dues skim,” is currently allowed in … million in union dues was skimmed from Medicaid checks. In … challenge the legality of dues skimming. Michigan Capitol Confidential, … the end of the contract, dues skimming stopped. In the 2014 U.S. …
… reauthorize union’s ability to skim dues from Medicaid payments used … what came to be called the “dues skim” in Michigan. Before 2012, … million in funds, labeled “dues,” away from this vulnerable … attempt to enshrine the dues skim in the state constitution … unionized. Less than a year after dues skim ended in Michigan, SEIU Healthcare …
… Capitol Confidential was a guest Thursday on “The Vic McCarty Show” on WMKT 1270AM in Traverse City, discussing his recent story about the continued dues skim that has allowed the SEIU to take nearly $30 million over the last six years from Michigan’s most vulnerable families.
… Capitol Confidential reports today, however, that “dues” are still being skimmed from their paychecks. CapCon’s skim-tracker shows that the SEIU has siphoned nearly …
… a case related to union "dues skim" issues happening in Illinois, Michigan … Michigan's home health care dues skim. In Michigan, Illinois, … Confidential of the SEIU Dues Skim Legal Foundation Seeks Return Of 'Dues Skim' Money SEIU Election Battle … Parents Forced to Pay Union Dues, Lawmaker Rakes In Health Care …
… would enshrine the SEIU dues skim in the state constitution … Union since November 2006 has skimmed more than $30 million in the form of “union dues” from Medicaid checks that … judge’s ruling means the dues skim could continue until at least … “irreparable damage” if the dues were to stop flowing, saying …
… and have seen $32 million in “union dues” skimmed by the Service Employees International … The MCLF is asking that that the dues skim end effective today and the return of six months’ worth of dues, an amount that would be about $3 million …
… dollars is unconstitutional.” Home-based caregivers in Michigan saw the SEIU skim more than $34 million in “dues” from Medicaid checks meant to help our most vulnerable residents until …
… familiar with the phrase “dues skim,” that’s because it was a … decade ago. Years before dues skim went away, home health workers … or received benefits from. Dues were being skimmed from their paychecks, and … 2013. But the old days of dues skim would return under Senate …
… Michigan reported $5,398,383 in dues and fees in 2014. That's just … during which the union's dues skim was in place. The information … Standards. The roots of the dues skim reach back to the mid-2000s … have union dues and fees “skimmed” from the Medicaid checks … received no money from the dues skim. Its previous (2013) report …
… Michigan’s health care “dues skim,” has failed to file the … $250,000 threshold. The dues skim was created in 2005 when … home care patients as union dues and fees for the caregivers, … calendar year, during which the dues skim ended. It showed that 44,347 … end of 2013. Because the dues skim didn’t end until March 1 …
… Michigan to continue deducting dues from Medicaid checks and send … so-called "home health care dues skim" would go on through February … legislation to end the "dues skim," moved the final contract … Edmunds' ruling that the "skim" continue could be appealed. … Governor Signs Bill Making 'Dues Skim' Illegal SEIU Sues State, …
… this choice by ending the “dues skim” and then passing right-to-work. Dues Skim In 2005, former Michigan … membership, allowing them to skim “dues” money directly from the Medicaid … overwhelmingly and the “dues skim” ended officially in 2013. …
… Relations Manager 989-698-1914 MIDLAND — A dues skim that funneled more than $34 million to the Service … caregivers today will be the last ones to have union dues skimmed from them. The stealth unionization scheme … thousands of people who were trapped by the dues skim were family members caring for the state’s most …
… roots support, the illegal dues skim of home-based caregivers … its power to preserve this dues skim. Since their scheme was implemented … collected more than $34 million in dues from home-based caregivers … stopping this scheme. The dues skim lived on. Attorney General … this appeal. Meanwhile, the dues skim continued. The political …
… Michigan's home health care "dues skim" has ended. For the first … SEIU and, in turn, stopped the dues from being taken out of Michigan … Michigan Capitol Confidential skim tracker, an online scrolling … Commission is still pending. "The dues skim went beyond the usual controversies … Confidential of the SEIU Dues Skim Legal Foundation Seeks Return …
… ending the home health care dues skim, whereby Medicaid grants … held that requiring mandatory dues or fees from these health care … Harris v. Quinn, unions began skimming money from home health care … election, in November 2006, the dues began flowing to the SEIU. … insurance. Eventually the dues skim ended, Medicaid recipients …
The union responsible for skimming tens of millions of dollars from home caregivers has been placed … words, ”make sure Democrats get [elected].” The “dues skim” took $34 million of state aid meant for the … into a government union so it could collect their “dues.” In the process of running this proposal, the …
… allowed the union to keep receiving the dues. By midsummer 2012 other funding for … 2012. Of that, $11,307,314 came from dues and fees. The report shows that the … ~~~~~ See also: Union Money Helps 'Dues Skim' Stay Alive Michigan Capitol Confidential Coverage of the SEIU Dues Skim
This recent blog post by Jarrett Skorup about the SEIU dues skim and how the union is using the money not for collective bargaining but for political purposes garnered a story and editorial in The Washington Examiner. Read more about the issue here.
… the rule, which forbids union dues from being skimmed from Medicaid. The federal … portion of those checks for dues. Ostensibly, it was to compensate … where she’s fighting the dues skim. Congress can act to prohibit … being siphoned off for union dues — people get it,” she said. …
… no longer are forced to pay dues to instead voluntarily do so. … members. "The only question is the dues structure." The union contract … also made special note of a "skim-o-meter" that keep track of … Confidential Coverage of the SEIU Dues Skim Legal Foundation Seeks Return Of 'Dues Skim' Money SEIU Election Battle …
… last ones from which union dues will be deducted. Based on … seems imminent. In 2006, union dues started being taken from the … to bring about an end to the dues,” MDCH Director Jim Haveman … established to help facilitate the dues skim. Gov. Rick Snyder last year … Confidential Coverage of the SEIU 'Dues Skim' Voters Reject Forced Unionization …
The SEIU "skim tracker" has finally stopped. The scrolling money … last ones from which union dues will be deducted. "It has … friends in their own homes. The skim tracker won’t be removed until the end of the dues skim can be fully verified in … Confidential Coverage of the SEIU 'Dues Skim' Voters Reject Forced Unionization …
The SEIU has just passed $34 million skimmed from home-based caregivers. The “dues skim” began when the Service Employees International … down 56 percent to 44 percent last November. The skim is slated to finally end on Feb. 28 when the “contract” …
… of the home health care "dues skim." The audit also indicates … 2013 official end of the "dues skim,” the SEIU would have been … Based on a 2.5 percent take for dues and fees, the union would have … those who supported the dues skim, the targeted audience was … Confidential Coverage of the SEIU Dues Skim SEIU Membership Drops 80 …
… igan's “home health care dues skim” will continue at least through … responding to a question on the “skim” was forwarded to Capitol Confidential … reason for continuing to take dues from the checks of so-called … also: Union Money Helps 'Dues Skim' Stay Alive Government Incompetence … Hole: Forced Unionization 'Dues Skim' Linked To West Coast Scandal …
… contract upon which the SEIU "Dues Skim" is based will end Feb. 28, … 2013. "Finally, an end to the skim is in sight," said Patrick … actual date upon which the dues payments will stop." In 2005, … Beginning the following year, dues started being taken from the … Confidential Coverage of the SEIU 'Dues Skim' Voters Reject Forced Unionization …
… was accused of nepotism. Meanwhile, Faville’s daughter, Norma Kersting, still is on staff at the union, with a $62,131 yearly salary. The SEIU dues skim is the result of the forced unionization of Michigan's home-based caregivers that began in 2005 when Jennifer Granholm was governor. Proposal 4 on …
… Council was created when Jennifer Granholm was governor. The MQC3 worked with the Service Employees International Union to manage the collection of dues taken from more than 44,000 home-based caregivers. The MQC3 created at least four employees with a combined salary of $177,000, according to state …
… about six months' worth of dues, or about $3 million. The … become known as the SEIU "dues skim" that began under the administration … were defeated on Nov. 6, the skimming of union dues could end permanently. … irreparable damage" if the dues skim ended. Wright said an unfair … Governor Signs Bill Making 'Dues Skim' Illegal SEIU Sues State, …
… 31,317,790.40 — Amount of money taken from Medicaid checks during the dues skim between 2004 and 2013 $200 million — Amount of money annually siphoned even after the dues skim was ruled unconstitutional 84% — Percentage of home care givers who opted …
… to get about $6 million a year in dues from workers who have been forced to … receive Medicaid checks, minus the union dues being taken by the SEIU. Minicuci checked … Providers Took Place - Anatomy of a Scam: Dues continue to flow 'Forced Unionization' … Intact - It's All About the Money 'Dues Skim' Ballot Proposal Proponents Cloud …
… behind the home health care dues skim, has been fined $199,000 for … Between 2006 and when the dues skim finally ended in early 2013, … which were to prolong the dues skim so it could continue to steal … attempt to keep the flow of dues it had been receiving from … articles about the dues skim and a skim tracker that tallied the SEIU's …