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The Human Side of Right-to-Work Legislation

These are real people who have been hurt by 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 …

Time for Labor Unions to Collect their Own Dues

The on-going SEIU dues skim must end

… 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 …

Trump Administration Can Protect Funds Intended for Disabled and Low-Income

Study explains how to stop the union ‘dues skim’ of federal money

… 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 …

Home Health Caregivers Might Find Relief from Union Coercion at Supreme Court

Mackinac Center joins groups to call an end to the union dues skim

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 …

Mackinac Center Applauds Federal Change Ending Dues Skimming

Unions can no longer skim an estimated $200 million in dues from home health care workers

… 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 …

Media Cite Center on Supreme Court Case

SEIU-type dues skim outlawed

… 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 …

SEIU Tries to Continue Dues Scheme

Leaked document maps out 'dues skim' plan

… 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 …

SEIU Fined for Campaign Finance Violations

Union dues skim took $34 million from Medicaid

… 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 …

SEIU Under Investigation over Prop 4

'Dues Skim' took $35 million from Medicaid recipients

… 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 …

George Will Cites CapCon in Washington Post

SEIU dues skim highlighted ahead of SCOTUS case

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 …

Wright Discusses Supreme Court Visit on WJR

Illinois union scheme similar to SEIU dues skim

… 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.

An End Finally in Sight for the SEIU Dues Skim

Voters overwhelmingly reject the forced unionization scheme

… 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

Two Wins for Freedom from Union Coercion in 2014

The end of the dues skim and the busting of the 'August Window'

… 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 …

Capitol Protesters Fined $500 Each For Trying To Storm Senate Chamber

Most of arrested right-to-work protesters had SEIU 'dues skim' connections

… 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

SEIU Membership Drops 80 Percent After Dues Skim Ends

Union loses $4.2 million in dues and fees

… 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 …

Medicaid Dues Skim May Come To An End, After All

Friends, relatives of disabled individuals among those swept into public sector unions

… 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. …

New Department of Health and Human Services Rule Would Reinstate Dues Skim

Health care providers should be given a choice

… 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 …

Spencer Discusses SEIU Dues Skim

… 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.

SEIU Dues Skim Scheme Continues

CapCon also tracking public-sector pay

… 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 …

U.S. Supreme Court Discusses Right-to-Work For All Public Employees

Union 'dues skim' case could mean the end of forced unionization of home-based caregivers, others

… 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 …