… last two decades was the dues skim. It allowed the politically … than everyday lobbying. The skim began in 2005 and the Mackinac … stopped being forced to pay union dues and SEIU membership plummeted, … During the last year of the dues skim, the Legislature appropriated … the reasoning behind the dues skim, it was a sleazy maneuver …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
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.
… 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 …