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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 …

A Jarrett of All Trades

Meet Jarrett Skorup, Vice President for Marketing and Communications

… things. The proposals would have elevated union contracts above state law, mandated more industrial wind turbines, and allowed a union to keep skimming dues from Medicaid payments to home health care workers. Jarrett gave more than 30 speeches around the state warning about the effects of these proposals. …

Endnotes

… News, April 1, 2022), https://perma.cc/A2M7-JS7P. 28 A brief summary of dues skim and its connection to right to work can be found here: Jarrett Skorup, “How Right-to-Work and the End of the 'Dues Skim' Killed the SEIU in Michigan” (Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Nov. …

Worker freedom and individual liberty

… union over how it spends the dues it collects. For example, according … the NEA took $377 million in dues and fees from workers in 2021. … unionization scheme known as “dues skim” involving the SEIU.[28] … and Gov. Snyder ended the dues skim by clarifying that these … Proposal 4 of 2012, to enshrine dues skim into the Michigan Constitution. …

Part-time grocery worker says AG had to intervene in dues skim

Michigan attorney general’s office helped employee use his legal right to opt out of union membership

… employee, says his union continued to take dues from his paycheck despite his multiple … “closed” shop. Mills still had to pay dues to United Food and Commercial Workers … law. But the union continued to take dues out of Mills’ paycheck. Mills works … after Mills opted out, the union took dues from him. This happened twice in 2022, …

Michigan home health workers would be protected from dues skim if right-to-work is repealed

Home health care workers are one group of people who would not be affected by right-to-work’s repeal

… what is now known as a “dues skim.” The SEIU was permitted, … had to pay only half of the dues required, or $12 per month. … would have to pay the full dues amount, approximately $24 per … Public Policy exposed the dues skim. Its efforts led to Public … about whether unions are skimming dues from their paycheck,” he …

We’ve Beaten Down the Union ‘Dues Skim’ in Michigan Again and Again

The Biden administration is trying to revive it for other states

… SEIU [but] we now pay monthly dues that are deducted from the … forced on people.” This dues skim resulted in an estimated … however, unions had put the dues skim in place in other states. … Some $200 million was being skimmed from home caregivers and given … new rule to reinstate the dues skim in many states. This would …

SEIU Healthcare Michigan is under trusteeship once again

Its second trusteeship in five years owes to ‘substantiated allegations of serious malpractice’

… members, usually without their consent, in a tactic widely known as a ”dues skim.” In Michigan, this diversion came to an end in 2012 when the state amended … home-based day care providers and home health caregivers to sign up and pay union dues. Henry wrote in her letter that the current trusteeship is made necessary …

Why We Need ‘Impact Journalism’

Letter from the president

… there’s a causal relationship between one or more news stories and a move in policy in our preferred direction. Examples include ending the SEIU dues skim against vulnerable people, changing a legacy media false narrative regarding then-Gov. Rick Snyder’s education budgets, ending corporate welfare …

The New Republic Says Unions Are Making a Comeback

But the ancient magazine of political insiders gives no evidence, and Michigan numbers indicate the opposite

… themselves if they want to become a member of and pay dues to a union. Hundreds of union members protested … them at home. Critics called the practice a “dues skim,” as the union justified the takings as a form of dues collection. The union ended up paying damages to …

Medicaid Payments Should Go to Caregivers, Not to Unions

U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging

… commonly referred to as “dues skim.” In Michigan, the Service … recognized it could obtain “dues” from home health care providers … members.   1. Objections to Dues Skim Generally Past experience demonstrates that dues skim would authorize a system … recent documentary film “The Big Skim,” in which providers tell how …

Mackinac Center Legal Expertise Gets High-Profile Recognition

… protect legal rights. The Foundation has helped discover and end the dues skim that afflicted home health care and child care providers. We’ve fought … graduate student researchers at the University of Michigan to pay union dues, and filed lawsuits on behalf of teachers trapped into paying a union even …

2021: Labor Policy In Review

Worker freedom continues to advance

… requires those that wish to have union dues deducted from their paychecks confirm … word that an employee wishes to have dues withheld from his or her pay. SEA … employees to leave a union and stop paying dues at any time, and thereby prevents schemes, … as wide-ranging as reimposing the dues skim on home health care workers and …

“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. …

Working for Right-To-Work

The meaning behind the numbers

… employees from mandatory union dues or agency fees. The Mackinac … members through unannounced dues skimming and limited opt-out windows. … government workers paying union dues has dropped by an estimated … number of employees paying union dues from each entity, then added … continue to opt out of union dues annually, illustrating the …

A National Leader

Mackinac Center’s Michael Reitz wins Overton award

… state, secured historic pension reform, expanded educational options for students, eliminated wasteful corporate subsidies, killed the abhorrent SEIU dues skim in Michigan and ended Gov. Whitmer’s attempt to govern by emergency indefinitely. Working with these fine people — it’s the best job I ever had. …

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 …

A Lawyer You Can Love

Mackinac Center’s vice president for legal affairs, Patrick Wright, protects freedom by suing the government

… against her will, along with tens of thousands of others, through a dues-skimming operation. The Center filed suit on behalf of several small day care owners, resulting in court cases and ultimately, legislation to stop the skim. It was the first of three forced unionization cases; the others were on …

Accomplishments

… about this landmark case here. Ending Union Dues Skim in Michigan In 2008, the Mackinac Center Legal … entered into unions without their consent, and dues were automatically taken from their paychecks without … that these employees cannot be forced to pay union dues or fees. The court agreed and freed over 35,000 …

And the Winner Is … The Mackinac Center for Public Policy!

… year, we were recognized for our contribution to ending the infamous dues skim, a scheme that allowed for unions to forcibly “skim” money off the top of Medicaid care providers’ paychecks. This practice …

Donor Profile: Dr. Lou and Mary Jane Zako

… effective and have a national impact, while not losing touch with its supporters. Finally, they take pride in the Center’s work in uncovering the dues-skim that took money from health aides. It is for these reasons and many others that the Zakos are members of the Mackinac Center Legacy Society. They …

Fighting the SEIU Dues Skim

… Jennifer Granholm, it forced unionization on tens of thousands of caregivers, skimming $6 million per year from them. With the scheme in place, Haynes in Macomb … free to provide them full-time care without the burden of illegal union dues.

Stealth Unionization Discovered

… state was withholding union dues from her checks. She brought … been shedding membership — and dues money — in the private sector. … election. Then, they started taking dues out of the Medicaid checks … and at least $8 million in dues every year. Over the next … was soundly defeated. The “dues skim” ended in Michigan, and the …

Despite Collapse in Membership, SEIU Poised to Go All-In in Michigan

$150 million campaign blunted by right-to-work law

… collapse in membership, driven by the end of the “dues skim” — a stealth unionization scheme that siphoned “dues” from funds meant for the sick and elderly — and … Since then, the national SEIU has lost 8% of its dues and fee payers, according to federal LM-2 reports. …

10 Years Of Michigan Capitol Confidential Online

If CapCon doesn’t report it, who will?

A search for the term “dues skim” on the Michigan Capitol Confidential news site finds it appeared in … deal to “unionize” home caregivers and extract “dues” from the small Medicaid stipends the receive. … declared that unions cannot automatically deduct union dues from home health care providers. This one of many …

Looking at 2019 with Gratitude

… caregivers. The White House thanked the Mackinac Center for our “fantastic report,” which provided a roadmapfor the federal government to end the dues skim. A host of bills moving through the Legislature gets rid of unnecessarily licensing regulations and will make it easier for people to find work. …

Mackinac Wins 2019 State Policy Network Award

… for its work on ending the dues skim. Other recipients include … Center first coined the term “dues skim” after the Mackinac Center … automatically deducting union dues from home-based caregivers’ … ended the practice of dues skimming in Michigan, but the fight … found a loophole and began skimming dues in other states. In May, …

Love for Life and Liberty

A Donor Spotlight of Dr. John & Martha Pafford

… the charge on. John and Martha think that the sound research and voice the Mackinac Center provides has made wins like right-to-work, ending the dues skim, and advancing school choice possible by networking individuals and providing them with intellectual ammunition. In the end, protecting and enlightening …

What the Mackinac Center is Thankful for in 2019

Freedom, fairness and fiscal responsibility

… caregivers. The White House thanked the Mackinac Center for our “fantastic report,” which provided a roadmap for the federal government to end the dues skim. A host of bills moving through the Legislature gets rid of unnecessarily licensing regulations and will make it easier for people to find work. …

10 Years of Victories: The Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Celebrates … and Looks Forward

… employee that could be unionized and forced to pay dues. It took over a year and a half for us to prevail, … Service Employees International Union was skimming dues from the governmental aid the Haynes received … employees and should not be forced to pay union dues and fees. Without citing our work, the Supreme …

By the Numbers: The Dues Skim

… 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 …

Ending the 'Dues Skim' in Michigan

How the government was stopped from taking money from paychecks

Under the dues skim, Medicaid payments meant to aid the elderly … was taken by March 2012. The skim, which began in 2004, was not … his or her provider. The dues skim was an effort by unions to … in Harris v. Quinn, the dues skim began on the West Coast and … discovered and publicized the dues skim in various ways. A “skim …

Michigan’s Laboratory for Liberty

Letter from the executive vice president

… rule that prohibits unions from skimming dues off the payments Medicaid sends … creative team gave it a name — “dues skim” — that is now universally used. We killed the SEIU skim in Michigan in 2013 and contributed … recommendations for the federal rule. The dues skim has given the Mackinac Center the …

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 …

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 …

Conclusion

The practice by some states of skimming union dues from federal funds appropriated to … from continuing the practice of dues skimming. Though guidance memos lack strict … rulemaking proposal to prohibit union dues skimming of TANF and CCDF child care funds …

Opt-in Requirement to Ensure Clear Consent

… take action to regulate union dues collection from CCDF and TANF … prohibiting all union dues skimming. Janus v. AFSCME held, … part, that forced payment of dues to a public sector labor union … merely regulating union dues skimming, would provide evidence … proposals to end union dues skimming of child-care benefits …

Agency Guidance to Minimize or Eliminate Dues Skimming

… clarifying that union dues skimming from TANF and CCDF funds … guidance could clarify that dues skimming is a misuse of TANF grant … that the agency finds dues skimming to be inconsistent with … continuing to misuse TANF funds by skimming union dues from child care providers’ …

Potential Legal Challenges to Rulemaking

… required to end union dues skimming from CCDF and TANF funds … rules prohibiting union dues skimming are not “in excess of statutory … rulemaking to ban union dues skimming of CCDF funds, ACF would … grants.[10] Eliminating dues skimming by rule would be simply … rulemaking that prevents dues skimming of TANF child care benefits …

Rulemaking Proposals

… prohibit the deduction of union dues from CCDF benefits: (f) Third-party … political fund. To prohibit dues skimming of TANF child care benefits, … the current rules union dues skimming is not “reasonably calculated … explicitly prohibit labor union dues skimming of TANF child care benefits. … successfully end union dues skimming of TANF child care benefits …

Background

… consent before deducting any dues or fees from their wages.[3] … automatically deducting union dues from the TANF and CCDF benefit … amount of union deductions skimmed by state governments from … disposal to end these dues-skimming schemes and protect program … information, see: “End Dues Skimming: Protect Home Health Care …

Ending the Skimming of Union Dues from Federal Child Care Funds

… Families and the Child Care and Development Fund. Despite Supreme Court rulings against the practice, several states still allow unions to siphon off dues payments from these funds intended to support home care and child care services for low-income families and the disabled.

Victory for Mark Janus

How the Mackinac Center's years advancing worker freedom in Michigan have paid off across the country

… unions to forcibly collect fees or dues from public employees. But last month, … to choose between paying full union dues or, if they resigned from the union, … generally around 75 to 80 percent of full dues. Though Janus does not affect private … money from home health aides in a dues-skim operation had been reversed by legislation, …

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. …

A Look at Unions in Michigan, Five Years After Right-to-Work

Most of state’s largest unions have seen a collapse in members and political spending

… whether to be members and pay dues to unions. Since then, nine … loss in union membership and dues. Below is a summary of union … membership; we only count full, dues-paying, voting members). Political … Operating Engineers 324 had 15,007 dues payers in 2012, but it was … Legislature ending the “dues skim” (automatic unionization), …

Right-to-Work May Soon Come to Public Sector Workers Everywhere

… subject was the illegal dues skim from private day care providers … employees to be forced to pay dues or fees to a union to keep … employees are forced to pay dues or fees. In the years since … Supreme Court were to hold forced dues and fees unconstitutional, … see a drop in their fees and dues revenue from $3.1 billion to …

30 Years for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy

Our research helped usher in significant reforms

… research, we’ve also successfully litigated to protect Michigan families against government overreach. The most notable of these examples is the SEIU’s “dues skim,” which allowed this government union to literally steal money from some of our most needy residents. We exposed this racket and eventually got it …

By The Numbers: 30 Years

… 97,000 — The number of home health care workers forced into a union that skimmed dues off of their patients' Medicaid payments. This scheme was ended by legislation … unions from firing workers who do not want to be part of the union and pay dues.

Mackinac Center Heroes

Profiles of a few of the Michiganders we’ve helped over the years

… their will. Although the Mackinac Center Legal Foundation lost their case in court, the attention prompted the state to pass legislation ending the dues skim, and voters rejecting an SEIU effort to reinstate it.

How Right-to-Work and the End of the 'Dues Skim' Killed the SEIU in Michigan

Membership, revenue and political spending plummet

… this choice by ending the “dues skim” and then passing right-to-work. Dues Skim In 2005, former Michigan … membership, allowing them to skimdues” money directly from the Medicaid … overwhelmingly and the “dues skim” ended officially in 2013. …