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Dues Skimming Meets Its Demise

Federal rule ends a union's ability to involuntarily take money from home health care givers

… 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 …

Union Behind Michigan ‘Dues Skim’ Facing More Corruption Allegations

SEIU Healthcare Michigan has a history of problems

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 …

Mystery Contribution Kept ‘Dues Skim’ Alive

Union gave dummy employee $12,000, but that money not specified on federal report

… 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

SEIU Draws Attention Over 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.

“You Quickly Realize That This is an Injustice and it has to be Fixed.”

Jennifer Butler on federal rule making on a union dues skim operation

… 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. …

SEIU Lays Out Plan to Try and Continue 'Dues Skim'

Union blames 'right-wing forces' for end of scheme that locked 45K workers into the SEIU

… 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 …

SEIU 'Dues Skim' Finally Grinding To A Halt

… 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 …

SEIU 'Skim Tracker' Stops Ticking

After seven years and more than $34 million taken from home-based caregivers, union contract officially ends

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 …

SEIU Dues Skim Surpasses $34 Million

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” …

Michigan Senate bills would revive dues skim for home health workers

Government employees can opt out of unions, but Senate Bill 790 would make it much harder

… 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 …