… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… was behind the home health care dues skim, which orchestrated the forced unionization … here who is currently paying union dues under these circumstances. Thank God … of providing service to earn their dues they'll just use bait-and-switch tactics aimed solely at trying to keep their dues flowing." The NUHW was formed in California …
… 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.
… 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 …
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 …
… decide if they want to pay dues or fees to a union as a condition … leave the MEA. The SEIU "Dues Skim" Finally Ends In April, … Union no longer was able to skim money from the checks and have … that would have ended the dues skim years earlier. Most of the … Senate Stops Home Health Care Dues Skim Confirmed: The SEIU Dues …
… 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 …
… award. The parents of two adult children with cerebral palsy, the Hayneses were the public face of the Center’s lengthy battle to end the SEIU’s “dues skim” and stealth unionization scheme that took $35 million away from Michigan’s Medicaid recipients. “I’m declaring that we’re not settling for what …
… businesses and unions. I think about that dues skim. [The skimming of some $34 million in union “dues” from Michigan home-based care givers … seek a refund of some of the illegal dues for its clients.] Once the truth was …
… million it improperly received in dues. MERC on April 11 dismissed an administrative … illegal and have a portion of the dues returned. “Our clients and tens of … Attorney General Bill Schuette. The dues skim continued after a federal judge … the Michigan Constitution. The dues skim funneled more than $34 million to …
… Goes After Local Teachers’ Union President MSU English Professor Threatens Students in Anti-Republican Rant SEIU Under Investigation over Prop 4 ‘Dues Skim’ took $35 million from Medicaid recipients Loss of Funding Not To Blame For School District Failures State, Media Encourage Playing the Lottery I'm …
… and Steven Glossop, to have even a portion of the dues returned and the union certification declared illegal. … care providers and graduate students. But the dues skim of home-based caregivers was one of the most … certification be declared illegal and that a portion of the dues siphoned away be returned.
… forced to give at least $300 a year in dues or fees, but they won't get health … Parrish. She purposely uses the term "skim" when she talks about that money being … state aid. Sound familiar? "The 'Skim Tracker" in Michigan was a great visual … active here. She's now hoping to get "skim trackers" scrolling in Minnesota, Rhode …
… Michigan's home-based caregiver "dues skim," which transferred more … numbers and importantly, increase dues collection. Cases sprung up … 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 …
… 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
… caregivers in Michigan ended last March, but not before the SEIU was able to skim more than $34 million in “dues” from Medicaid checks meant to help our most vulnerable residents. The SEIU …
… 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 …
… Court Rules School Districts Cannot Use Public Resources to Withhold Union Dues Michigan Republicans Go Wobbly on Obamacare SEIU Lays Out Plan to Try and Continue ‘Dues Skim’ Oregon Study Suggests Michigan Medicaid Expansion Not Worth the Cost …
… FOIA bills. ~~~~~ In the past few years, Michigan Capitol Confidential has used FOIA requests to break the following stories. Exposing the SEIU “dues skim,” where the Service Employees International Union created a scheme during the administration of former Gov. Jennifer Granholm to take more than $34 million …
… 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
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… million it improperly received in dues. MERC dismissed an administrative action … illegal and have a portion of the dues returned. “All of this could have … Attorney General Bill Schuette. The dues skim, however, was allowed to continue … the Michigan Constitution. The dues skim funneled more than $34 million to …
… 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 …
… was behind the “home health care dues skim” that took more than $34 million … an effort to recover $3 million in dues. That case is pending Zac Altefogt, … Confidential Coverage of the SEIU 'Dues Skim' SEIU Election Battle Hinges On … Place Parents Forced to Pay Union Dues, Lawmaker Rakes In Healthcare Money
… the Mackinac Center Legal Foundation, was a guest on “The Tony Conley Show” on WILS AM1320 in Lansing this morning, discussing the end of the SEIU dues skim. The union’s scheme funneled some $34 million from home-based caregivers over the past six years, trapping people who care for loved ones and family …
Will the dues skim ever end? According to Mackinac Center Legal … Edmunds that has allowed the skim to continue. Judge Edmunds … could not be forced to pay dues to a public employees’ union … constitution to allow the dues skim. Michigan’s voters rejected … required to facilitate the dues skim that has allowed the SEIU …
… 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 …
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 …
… outlaw the home health care dues skim, stopping the unionization … assistants and banning automatic dues deductions from teachers' paychecks. … and the home health care dues skim. King’s remarks show how … The SEIU pulled off the dues skim by taking advantage of Michigan's … Legislature attempted to end the skim by defunding the dummy employer, …
… related unions appear to have spent $9 million on the skim, which has netted them over $34 million so far. … Sherry Loar and Dawn Ives, publicly protested the skim (see a Mackinac Center video of their story here). … Legal Foundation lawsuit attempting to end the skim.
… home-based caregivers. But even as the SEIU "dues-skim" nears an end, a faction of union leaders wants … Michigan Capitol Confidential Coverage of the SEIU 'Dues Skim' Voters Reject Forced Unionization Scheme Infighting … Providers Took Place Parents Forced to Pay Union Dues, Lawmaker Rakes In Healthcare Money
… 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 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” …
… constitution was where membership dues often went. For example: In … International Union and continued the skimming of tens of millions of dollars … they tend to lower the cost of dues and spend less time and money … strongly many of their forced dues payers felt about certain issues … on political issues. When dues payers can truly choose whether …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… Act, private-sector unions are allowed to extract dues and fees from workers if the employer is a unionized … and condition of employment; third, union takes dues (read: taxpayer money) and starts the cycle all … to be forced to pay money to the SEIU. The "dues skim" lead to a legislative fight, an attempted ballot …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… who were forced to pay union dues and agency fees to fund the … scheme allowed the SEIU to skim more than $32 million in dues and fees since 2005. This … final determination. The dues skim is therefore continuing until … lawsuits to both end the dues skim before February and to get …
Michigan’s home-based caregiver dues skim should be on its last legs with the rejection of Proposal … scheme, the SEIU has taken nearly $33 million from dues taken out of Michigan caregivers’ Medicaid checks. … Michigan Capitol Confidential Coverage of the SEIU Dues Skim
… money. Transparency laws are important. In just the few years we have used FOIA requests to break dozens of major news stories. Exposing the SEIU “dues skim,” where the union teamed up with the administration of former Gov. Jennifer Granholm to take more than $32 million from home-based caregivers — most …
… leaders have tested the limits of outrage by even organizing caretakers of disabled family members and labeling them as “public employees” in order to skim dues off their Medicaid payments (a measure Michigan also voted down this election). Rejection of Prop 2 will only come as a surprise to those who believe …
… 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
… voters Tuesday, including two that received heavy union backing that would have locked collective bargaining for government union employees and a dues skim that has taken $32 million from Michigan’s most vulnerable residents into the state constitution. “Today, the voters of Michigan sent a clear message,” …
… stranglehold on workers and their dues," Terry Bowman, a UAW member and president … night. "Union officials have wasted our dues on a project doomed to fail from the … for the Mackinac Center, said the skimming of union dues will end at the latest when the collective …
… disposable personal income in 2025, when the proposal is fully implemented. Proposal 4. Voting “yes” on Proposal 4 would constitutionalize the SEIU dues skim, costing home-based caregivers $6 million annually. Proposal 5 and Proposal 6 have uncertain price tags. As Michael LaFaive explains in his literature …
… caregivers into a government union. This ploy so far has allowed the SEIU to skim more than $32 million in “dues” from family members who provide care for their loved ones. Wilcox discussed …
… Exist Health Care Unionization Campaign Changes Its Story — Again Legal Foundation Seeks End to Forced Unionization of Home-Based Caregivers SEIU Dues Skim All About Politics Proposal 5: The 2/3 Tax Limitation Tax Limitation Amendment Will Greet Voters in November In the News Obama-Promoted Battery …
… spent her life taking care of her son, Ronnie, and knew that the union could provide nothing to make his life better. So when she noticed that union dues were being deducted from the Medicaid dollars the family was getting to take care of their quadriplegic son, she took action. And won. Unlike the …
… continue. But because of legislative and legal action, the days of the SEIU skimming money from caregivers is coming to an end. If Proposal 4 passes, that would be overridden and the dues skim locked into the state constitution. Which explains the SEIU’s interest, …
… rewards of Michigan’s forced dues regime. Iris Salters, former … Roekel at $460,060. SEIU Dues Skim Although Gov. Snyder signed … International Union continues to skim “dues” money from Medicaid stipends … injunction, meaning the dues skim will continue until at least …
… year from the Medicaid money of the elderly and disabled in Michigan as "union dues." The union has taken more than $32 million to date from people who mostly … after reading a story in Michigan Capitol Confidential about the union skimming money from home help providers. ~~~~~ See also: Father Taking Care …
… caregivers into a government union. This ploy so far has allowed the SEIU to skim more than $32 million in “dues” from family members who provide care for their loved ones. Wilcox discussed …
… the majority (more that 44,000) of those paying dues to the union are home-based caregivers who take … Michigan, is using Proposal 4 to try to keep the dues flowing by locking the scheme into the state constitution. … Home-Based Caregivers Infighting at the SEIU SEIU Dues Skim All About Politics
… Michigan, allowing the Service Employees International Union to continue skimming millions of dollars in dues from Medicaid stipends meant to help Michigan’s most vulnerable residents. …
… care workers. The group was skimming money from day care workers … "unusual" and unprecedented dues skim work. On May 4, 2010, Robert … the SEIU. We now pay monthly dues that is deducted from the check … At the time, the SEIU "dues skim" was almost unknown. Only … know he was in the union until dues starting coming out of his …
… than 40,000 people, resulting in a $32 million dues skim since 2005. A study published by MCLF Senior … who were forced into a union and forced to pay dues for taking care of their disabled loved ones. Haynes … still waiting to receive his union card, which the dues are supposed to pay for. However, SEIU Healthcare …
… union because the couple opposes paying “union dues” to care for their two developmentally disabled … a shell corporation designed to help the union skim $6 million a year in “dues” from people who care for disabled loved ones. …
… with the union that extracted dues from every one of those checks. This union dues “skim-scam” has funneled more than … stop this immoral financial skimming. The handwriting is on the … initiative to actually enshrine this skim-scam into the state constitution. …
… Anne Schieber, describing the effects of Proposal 4 (2012) should it pass. The so-called "Collective Bargaining" proposal would continue an illegal dues skim from Medicaid checks geared towards in-home caregivers, who are often caring for disabled family members.
… constitution, allowing the Service Employees International Union to continue skimming millions of dollars in dues from Medicaid stipends meant to help Michigan’s most vulnerable residents, …
… the forced unionization of home-based caregivers, from whom the SEIU has skimmed $32 million in forced dues.
… employee unions is the inherent conflict of interest of unions extracting dues to pay officials to set worker compensation — and this is exacerbated at … assaulting students; and A conspiracy between a union and elected officials to skim more than $32 million from disabled poor people’s Medicaid checks. The …
… about six months' worth of dues, or about $3 million. In 2005, … first check I noticed that dues had been taken out of it," … Governor Signs Bill Making 'Dues Skim' Illegal SEIU Sues State, … to Keep Home Health Care 'Dues Skim' Money Flowing Attorney … Orders State To Stop SEIU 'Dues Skim' How the Forced Unionization …
… diversion of so-called "union dues" from federal Medicaid checks … decision. The DCH began skimming a percentage of the Medicaid … continued to allow the SEIU dues skim to proceed, stating that … an opinion directing the dues skim to end immediately. The SEIU … from Stealth Unionization, Dues Skim April 10, 2012 May 2012 …
… 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 …
… illegal unionization of home-based caregivers. After asking to be released, dues are still being skimmed from his mother's Medicaid checks.
… 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, …
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 Cover Story For the 'Dues Skim' Union Money Helps 'Dues Skim' Stay Alive Attorney General Orders State To Stop SEIU 'Dues Skim' SEIU Sues State, Governor to Keep Home Health Care 'Dues Skim' Money Flowing SEIU Extends … Governor Signs Bill Making 'Dues Skim' Illegal Despite Law, SEIU …
… issue is over whether the SEIU can forcibly extract dues money from people who are not state employees and who … block a new state law that would have ended its dues skim, Scott Kronland told Judge Nancy Edmunds that, … irreparable damage" because it would be denied use of the dues money in the upcoming election cycle. The alteration …
… can decide to force all of the 60,000 or so home health care workers to pay dues to the SEIU, which can spend the money lobbying or on other activities — … harmless-sounding language can be slipped in. This would allow for the continued skimming of tens of millions of dollars from caregivers to the SEIU, which to date …
… Healthcare Michigan's finances now come from the union dues taken out of the Medicaid checks sent to Michigan … Care Providers Took Place - Anatomy of a Scam: Dues continue to flow 'Forced Unionization' Brings … Unionization Intact - It's All About the Money 'Dues Skim' Ballot Proposal Proponents Cloud Issue With …
… 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 …
… R-Saginaw, well-known to CapCon readers as the politician who for 10 months prevented the Senate from enacting a House-passed bill to end a notorious SEIU "dues skim" of home health care aides. Along with 11 other Senate Republicans, Sen. Kahn voted for the transformational reform on May 17 before voting against …
… Help Program as a potential dues-producing source. To date, … it would ensnare into paying dues are just family members of … continue to be forced to pay dues as if they were interested … like to say that those who get dues taken out of their checks are … It's All About the Money 'Dues Skim' Ballot Proposal Proponents …
… as “government employees” and by skimming off a portion of these payments as “dues,” the SEIU quietly has taken more than … represent them in their home and is skimming off money intended for their children’s … The federal judge ruled that the skim could continue because the MQCCC and …
… members, into paying union dues for providing care. Mackinac … from Stealth Unionization, Dues Skim April 10, 2012 State Senate … The Cover Story For the 'Dues Skim' Union Money Helps 'Dues Skim' Stay Alive Attorney General Orders State To Stop SEIU 'Dues Skim' SEIU Sues State, Governor …
… International Union to continue receiving dues money from the Medicaid checks of people … the federal Home Help Program as a dues-producing source. Under the federal … labeled as “home health care workers.” Dues started being deducted from their Medicaid … Intact - It's All About the Money 'Dues Skim' Ballot Proposal Proponents Cloud …
… union's "home health care dues skim," which has netted more than … what it’s all about — getting dues money from vulnerable disabled … public employees for payroll and dues deductions purposes. In virtually … the constitutional amendment would be having dues taken out of their checks and … people." ~~~~ See also: 'Dues Skim' Ballot Proposal Proponents …
… Help Program as a potential dues-producing source. Michigan's … participants into the union. Dues have been taken from the Medicaid … called the “home health care dues skim." The SEIU has taken more … that would eventually end the “skim,” the SEIU is resorting to … legislation to end the "dues skim" was in the Michigan House, …
… from the "home health care dues skim," which has taken more than … operating and to keep the "skim" from ending last year. "Not … even happening. As a result, dues from the taxpayer-provided … Governor Signs Bill Making 'Dues Skim' Illegal SEIU Sues State, … to Keep Home Health Care 'Dues Skim' Money Flowing Attorney …
… Union's "Home Health Care Dues Skim.” On June 20, U.S. District … state had to keep withdrawing dues money from the Medicaid checks … called the “Home Healthcare Dues Skim.” The “skim” started with a stealth unionization … Governor Signs Bill Making 'Dues Skim' Illegal SEIU Sues State, …
… labeling caregivers as "government employees" and skimming off a portion of these payments as "dues," the SEIU has quietly taken more than $30 million … 61,000 providers. The federal judge ruled that the skim could continue because the MQCCC and SEIU have …
… Employees International Union to enshrine its dues skim from home-based caregivers in the Michigan Constitution … that the Center has exposed how the SEIU has skimmed more than $30 million in “dues” from the Medicaid checks meant to help developmentally …
… claim home-based day care owners were government workers, and started taking dues from them. Some $4 million was taken before the scheme ended after an 18-month … battle led by the Mackinac Center Legal Foundation. And the SEIU is still skimming $30 million and counting from people, including parents, who care for …
… supporters behind the scheme to collect dues money from so-called home health … as the home health care "dues skim" into the state constitution. … into their union and keep skimming taxpayer dollars for union … legislature tried to stop the "dues skim" by first defunding MQC3, … Governor Signs Bill Making 'Dues Skim' Illegal SEIU Sues State, …
… government employees union began to skim money from this payment claiming … therefore compelled to pay “dues” from this aid? This is the … unionize with 1,000 opposed. The dues began being skimmed in late … of those affected by the dues skim, the origins of the scheme … Opsommer indicating that the dues skim must stop immediately. “Private …
… 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 …
Millions of dollars in “dues” will continue to be skimmed by the SEIU from the subsidy checks home health care workers receive, many of whom are family …
… 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, …
… Policy The Dangers of Painting Better Late Than Never: An End To the 'Dues Skim' Cutting Librarians and Therapists Would Save Prisons Millions UAW Member: … Districts Will Soon No Longer Be Responsible For Deducting Teacher Union Dues School Pension System Affects Everyone 1,200 Hours To Be a Lawyer, But 2,000 …
