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Media Cite Center on Supreme Court Case

SEIU-type dues skim outlawed

… several other states is “similar to what we went through in Michigan with the SEIU’s stealth unionization of caregivers and the ensuing dues skim.” Wright … ongoing litigation aimed at returning some of the dues money” skimmed by the SEIU, and he was cited by Fox News on the same issue. Wright discussed the ruling …

U.S. Supreme Court Rules Home-Based Caregivers in Nine States Free from Union Dues Skim

Mackinac Center Legal Foundation filed two briefs at the High Court regarding the case

… through in Michigan with the SEIU’s stealth unionization of caregivers … caregivers in Michigan saw the SEIU skim more than $34 million … came to an end last March. The SEIU tried to enshrine its scheme … by 12 percentage points. The SEIU was later fined $199,000 — … 4. “It’s very telling that SEIU Healthcare Michigan’s membership …

Supreme Court Rules Unionization Schemes Involving Home-Based Care Providers Are Illegal

Mackinac Center represented workers similar to those in Illinois who were forced to pay union dues simply because they got state money

… that the 'dues skim' that the SEIU set up in Michigan was unconstitutional." … the country. In Michigan, the SEIU Healthcare Michigan orchestrated … was disbanded last year. The SEIU, however, went to great lengths … positions to delay action. The SEIU also tried to get its scheme locked … points. Earlier this year, the SEIU was fined nearly $200,000 for …

Audit Shows SEIU 'Dues Skim' Likely Bolstered By Extra $3.7 Million; Union-Run Registry Ineffective

… end of the "dues skim,” the SEIU would have been enriched by … Gov. Jennifer Granholm, the SEIU carried out the forced unionization … caregivers were unionized by the SEIU. And it acknowledged that family … caregivers. In 2012, when the SEIU attempted to lock the forced … and the cover group for the SEIU that funded Proposal 4, did …

Unionization Ruling Before The Supreme Court Could Be 'Huge'

Political consultant: Ruling could 'dramatically undermine public sector unions'

… Unionization Michigan Capitol Confidential of the SEIU Dues Skim Legal Foundation Seeks Return Of 'Dues Skim' Money SEIU Election Battle Hinges On Home-Based Caregivers … Reject Forced Unionization Scheme Infighting At The SEIU How the Forced Unionization of Day Care and Home …

Unionization Case Before The Supreme Court Could Have Lasting National Impact

Harris v. Quinn could make all public employees eligible for right-to-work; case is flying under the radar

… Michigan's dues skim, which resulted in the SEIU taking more than $34 million from the … Michigan Capitol Confidential of the SEIU Dues Skim Legal Foundation Seeks Return Of 'Dues Skim' Money SEIU Election Battle Hinges On Home-Based … Unionization Scheme Infighting At The SEIU How the Forced Unionization of Day …

Union Loses $4.2 Million After Dues Skim Ends

… Employees International Union (SEIU) targeted the assistance checks … cold shoulder. As a result, SEIU Healthcare Michigan, the union … Department of Labor, membership in SEIU Healthcare Michigan dropped … the home care. In 2005, the SEIU perpertrated a forced unionization … “home health care workers” and SEIU Healthcare Michigan was created …

Center in Wall Street Journal Consecutive Days

Cited on SEIU scheme, Detroit bailout

… Independent voters are overwhelmingly opposed to the bailout. The second, Tuesday’s editorial, is about the 80 percent drop in membership seen by SEIU Healthcare Michigan now that its stealth unionization scheme has ended. 

MICHIGAN CAPITOL CONFIDENTIAL

Spring 2014 Edition

… with State Tax Dollars Message From the President: Defending Free Speech Vague Criminal Laws Threaten Individual Liberty and Burden the Justice System SEIU Fined Almost $200,000 Over Actions Tied To 2012 Ballot Proposal Campaign Lawsuit Filed Against MEA Over Dues Policies, ‘Fair Representation’ Hospital …

State, National Media on SEIU's Downward Spiral

Right-to-work rescues 44k from stealth unionization scheme

… Capitol Confidential story about the 80 percent decline in membership in the SEIU Healthcare Michigan union is receiving national media attention. Some 44,000 … scheme approved by the Granholm administration have chosen not to join the SEIU now that the stealth unionization has been overturned by law. Fox News, …

SEIU Membership Drops 80 Percent

When given a choice, thousands refuse to join

… unionization scheme to force tens of thousands of Michiganders into the SEIU has ended, its membership is down 80 percent. More than 44,000 home-based … concocted during the Granholm administration have chosen not remain in the SEIU now that they have the freedom to decide.

SEIU Membership Drops 80 Percent After Dues Skim Ends

Union loses $4.2 million in dues and fees

… caregivers no longer are part of the SEIU Healthcare Michigan, according … to pay dues or fees to the SEIU after the union orchestrated … in 2013, but not before the SEIU took more than $34 million … traditional organizing drives. The SEIU health care workers were organized … 2013. During those years, the SEIU Healthcare Michigan boasted …

Supreme Court Reviews Forced Unionization

… nationwide. Several years ago, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) saw the financial assistance going to disabled adults like Josh and concocted … classify home help providers in the Medicaid program as employees of the state. SEIU was designated as the representative of the caregivers and 20,000 independent …

SEIU Fined Almost $200,000 Over Actions Tied To 2012 Ballot Proposal Campaign

Union suffers another loss related to dues skim, which took more than $34 million from home-based caregivers

… finally ended in early 2013, the SEIU took more than $34 million … announced this week that the SEIU will pay $199,000 in penalties … filing fees already paid, the SEIU will have paid more than $205,000 … campaign to shield the fact that SEIU was virtually the only entity … suspected all along that the SEIU was trying to hide its real …

Who Is Behind The Minimum Wage Increase Drive?

A look at the Restaurant Opportunities Center

… is a labor union front? A: I mean it in the sense that it was union-founded and is increasingly working closely with the unions, particularly the SEIU (Service Employees International Union). In 2003, the New York Press reported that ROC's goals had evolved into efforts to organize the 99 percent …

Health Care Workers Having Trouble Finding Union That Plays Fair

Union member: 'Thank God that Michigan is now a right-to-work state'

… questionable manner. The specific SEIU affiliate involved was SEIU Healthcare Michigan, the same … agreement. After leaving the SEIU, the health care workers in … officials who broke away from the SEIU.  Officials from the NUHW … Health Care Workers Get Out of SEIU Health Care Workers Vote to …

Wright Discusses Supreme Court Visit on WJR

Illinois union scheme similar to SEIU dues skim

… 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.

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

… Unionization Michigan Capitol Confidential of the SEIU Dues Skim Legal Foundation Seeks Return Of 'Dues Skim' Money SEIU Election Battle Hinges On Home-Based Caregivers … Reject Forced Unionization Scheme Infighting At The SEIU How the Forced Unionization of Day Care and Home …

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 …

For State Employees, 2014 Means Finally Having the Freedom To Choose

Right-to-work now an option

… provide that these state workers can revoke payment or membership at any time. Last year, several unions including those affiliated with the UAW, SEIU, and AFCME sued the state claiming the new right-to-work law could not be applied to public sector employees in the state's civil service system. The …

2013 In Review: Worker Freedom, Medicaid Expansion Took Center Stage

… eight educators who want to leave the MEA. The SEIU "Dues Skim" Finally Ends In April, more than 59,000 … not see any benefits from being in a union The SEIU went to great lengths to try and preserve the scheme … Stops Home Health Care Dues Skim Confirmed: The SEIU Dues Skim Finally Ends GOP Controlled Legislature …

MICHIGAN CAPITOL CONFIDENTIAL

Winter 2013 Edition

… Forward Court Ruling Supports State Law That Prohibits Discrimination of Non-Union Contractors New Bill Would Shed Light On Asset Forfeiture In Michigan SEIU Under Investigation Over Prop 4 Detroit Still Sending Tax Notices 15 Years After Company Closed U.S. Supreme Court Agrees To Look At Forced Unionization …

Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Files Amicus Brief in U.S. Supreme Court Case

Illinois scheme similar to Michigan SEIU ‘dues skim’

… unconstitutional.” Home-based caregivers in Michigan saw the SEIU skim more than $34 million in “dues” from Medicaid … until the scheme came to an end last March. The SEIU also attempted to enshrine its stealth unionization … voters defeated it by 14 percentage points. The SEIU is now under investigation for its role in the …

The UFOs Have Landed and They Are Here to Represent You

What are the union front organizations known as 'worker centers'?

… attacks on company officers.  The most famous example of corporate campaign literature came to light in 2011. A Service Employee International Union, or SEIU, "Contract Campaign Manual" instructed workers on how to successfully put pressure on a corporation, saying "outside pressure can involve jeopardizing …

Exemptions, Navigators and New Members

Big Labor's payback from Obamacare

… was quoted in the bestselling book, "Shadow Bosses," that "Obamacare is an SEIU and AFSCME membership 'net,' … designed to eventually capture 21 million … more as salesmen to lobby the public to support the new health care law. SEIU President Mary Kay Henry told the Reuters Summit in October: "We're running …

Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Gala

… Sacred Honor” 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 …

The UFOs Have Landed and They Are Here to Represent You

What are the Union Front Organizations known as Worker Centers?

… attacks on company officers.  The most famous example of corporate campaign literature came to light in 2011. A Service Employee International Union, or SEIU, “Contract Campaign Manual” instructed workers on how to successfully put pressure on a corporation, saying “outside pressure can involve jeopardizing …

Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Asks Appeals Court to Correct Michigan Employment Relations Commission Error

‘Clients are caught in a Catch-22’

… some 40,000 home-based caregivers. Most of those who were caught up in the SEIU’s scheme were family members and friends caring for the state’s most vulnerable … Michigan Constitution. The dues skim funneled more than $34 million to the SEIU before it came to an end last spring. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy …

MICHIGAN CAPITOL CONFIDENTIAL

Fall 2013 Edition

… Where Their Money is Going’ MEA President 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, …

Courage, Conviction Help Take Down Forced Unionization Schemes

… really got people fired up," she said of the scrolling money calculator posted on the Michigan Capitol Confidential website that tallied the money the SEIU took from home-based caregivers during the seven years the scheme was active here.  She's now hoping to get "skim trackers" scrolling in Minnesota, …

U.S. Supreme Court Agrees To Look At Forced Unionization

Illinois case could free home-based caregivers nationwide

… involved in Illinois are the SEIU and the American Federation … Gov. Jennifer Granholm, the SEIU and AFSCME used dummy employers … Capitol Confidential of the SEIU Dues Skim Legal Foundation … Return Of 'Dues Skim' Money SEIU Election Battle Hinges On Home-Based … Unionization Scheme Infighting At The SEIU How the Forced Unionization …

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

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

… ven people with ties to the SEIU Healthcare Michigan, the union … part of a plea agreement, the SEIU Healthcare Michigan staff members … incident has not been tied to SEIU Healthcare Michigan. One of … Joshua Kersting, the son of SEIU Healthcare Michigan President Marge Faville. The other six SEIU Healthcare Michigan staffers …

U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Decide if Forced Unionization Violates Constitution

Illinois scheme was focus of MCLF amicus brief

… to pad the political coffers of AFSCME and the SEIU. “We were in the middle of a similar legal battle … in Michigan ended last March, but not before the SEIU was able to skim more than $34 million in “dues” … meant to help our most vulnerable residents. The SEIU had tried to enshrine the scheme in the Michigan …

SEIU Under Investigation over Prop 4

'Dues Skim' took $35 million from Medicaid recipients

… campaign and initially hide the SEIU’s involvement. After months … all of its money came from SEIU. Michigan Capitol Confidential's … articles on the groups the SEIU set up to continue the money … increase dues paying members, the SEIU targeted the Medicaid checks … force the caregivers into the SEIU. Key elements of the scheme …

Union Front Organizations the New Face of Big Labor

Key focus of AFL-CIO convention this week, according to labor policy expert

… push called “Fight for 15” that is demanding a minimum wage of $15 an hour for fast food workers is coordinated by a worker center affiliated with the SEIU. Similarly, the protests at Wal-Mart are conducted by a worker center affiliated with the UFCW. “These groups fall outside of the normal laws that …

Right-to-Work Law Gives Workers Reason to Celebrate on Labor Day

Fast food protests highlight tired tactics of the past

… (apologies to McDonald’s) occurring in Detroit, Flint and select cities across the nation. Fast food workers were told by "community organizers" cloaked in SEIU purple that they're not being paid enough and that they are being treated unfairly. In a series of camera ready events, protesters briefly took to …

The New Face of Big Labor

… the unions have not been able to organize them through the traditional process. One of these “centers,” Fight for 15, which is affiliated with the SEIU, is organizing strikes among fast-food workers around the country, demanding $15 an hour. Another, the Restaurant Opportunities Center (ROC), originally …

MICHIGAN CAPITOL CONFIDENTIAL

Summer 2013 Edition

… Requests to Hide Information 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 Films or Potholes? Film Incentives: …

Government Entities Stymie FOIA Requests To Hide Information

Michigan Legislators pushing for change

… unpaid 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 …

Mystery Contribution Kept ‘Dues Skim’ Alive

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

… not included on the report. SEIU Healthcare Michigan, an affiliate … item that specifies that the SEIU gave $12,000 to the Michigan … 2006 until March 31, 2013, the SEIU took more than $34 million … of a mail-in election, the SEIU said it got enough votes to … MQC3 received $12,000 from the SEIU in early 2012. Due to that …

SEIU Tries to Continue Dues Scheme

Leaked document maps out 'dues skim' plan

… people would be bold enough to make that case. The SEIU Healthcare Michigan has maintained that the Michigan … after April 2013." It is significant that the SEIU calls the MQC3 the employer of those workers because … claims it never was the employer. So why does the SEIU maintain otherwise? Because if it admits the MQC3 …

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

… — back in. Only this time the SEIU Healthcare Michigan, an affiliate … Michigan Capitol Confidential, the SEIU Healthcare Michigan wants to … also would potentially give SEIU Healthcare Michigan President … first union officer election SEIU Healthcare Michigan had ever … to the $34 million that the SEIU improperly took," said Patrick …

The SEIU Dues Skim Is Over

… is not surprising that the SEIU would do everything in its … was implemented in 2005, the SEIU has collected more than $34 … Granholm administration. The SEIU, a self-described “militant” … or one of its agencies, the SEIU was able to use a novel theory … becoming law, the MQCCC and the SEIU entered into a contract extension …

MICHIGAN CAPITOL CONFIDENTIAL

Spring 2013 Edition

… Legislators Who Supported Workplace Freedom and Liberty Republican Senators Against Right-to-Work Republican House Members Who Voted Against Right-to-Work SEIU ‘Skim Tracker’ Stops Ticking House Rep Wants To Force Homeschool Parents To Report Attendance To The State Consumers Are Best Arbiters of the Market …

Michigan Employment Relations Commission Fails to Correct Its Own Mistake in Unionization of Home-Based Caregivers

SEIU allowed to keep $34 million in forced dues after MERC dismisses administrative action

… of those who were caught up in the SEIU’s scheme were family members and friends … the Granholm administration and the SEIU tried to downplay it.” The stealth … an injunction against the law. The SEIU at the time argued that cutting off … funneled more than $34 million to the SEIU before it came to an end last month. …

Confirmed: The SEIU 'Dues Skim' Finally Ends

Home-based caregivers no longer losing money to union

… ended the contract with the SEIU and, in turn, stopped the dues … has become a reality." The SEIU, however, took $34,416,335.21 … was tracking the money the SEIU took.  In the meantime, the … increase dues-paying members, the SEIU targeted the Medicaid checks … force the caregivers into the SEIU. Key elements of the scheme …

SEIU Election Legitimacy Questioned by Some Union Members

Union president's decision to allow mail-in votes to outgoing home-based caregivers upset some members

… potential legal action, the SEIU Healthcare Michigan election … Michigan were forced into the SEIU in 2005 after a mail-in election … ballot proposal pushed by the SEIU to lock the scheme into the … was significant because the SEIU Healthcare Michigan has about … that and Jolliffi isn't." The SEIU mail-in election in 2005 was …

Wright Discusses End of SEIU Dues Skim

… 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 … for loved ones and family members in the union. Legal action against the SEIU to recover part of the money is ongoing.

How Do You Solve A Problem Like A Dues Skim?

… before that law passed, the SEIU extended its so-called collective … Granholm Administration and the SEIU in order to create an “employer” … organize against. The MQCCC-SEIU agreement was extended until … was not the only way that the SEIU challenged 2012 PA 76. It also … drawn almost entirely from the SEIU-friendly MQCCC board. Just …

SEIU Dues Skim Comes to an End

Union was able to extract $34 million from home-based caregivers through stealth unionization scheme

… Gov. Jennifer Granholm ended Feb. 28 when a contract extension between the SEIU and the Michigan Quality Community Care Council expired. Many of the tens … received the justice they were due.” Legal action by the MCLF against the SEIU continues. This is the third time in three years that the MCLF has played …

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 ticker had … March 4. These are the checks the SEIU was taken money from. The checks mailed … ongoing. As a result of the scheme, the SEIU took more than $34 million, mostly … Capitol Confidential Coverage of the SEIU 'Dues Skim' Voters Reject Forced Unionization …

SEIU 'Dues Skim' and U-M Research Assistant Bills Brought On Proposal 2

Issues brought to the forefront by the Mackinac Center cited by UAW President as reasons for ballot proposal

… Employees International Union (SEIU) targeted Michigan's share … or other institutions. The SEIU pulled off the dues skim by … home-based caregivers have had SEIU dues deducted from their Medicaid … unionization. That failed when the SEIU gave the dummy employer money … on April 9. That meant the SEIU “dues skim” eventually would …

UAW President Bob King Admits Proposal 2 Was About Right-to-Work

… attempt to unionize graduate student research assistants at the University of Michigan and home-based caregivers who were forced into a union by the SEIU. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy filed lawsuits relating to those two instances. Nearly a year ago, when King announced the proposal, he described …

UAW Prez: SEIU ‘Dues Skim’ More Important Than RTW

… proposed state constitutional amendment that would have effectively locked these caregivers into the Service Employees International Union for good. The SEIU and related unions appear to have spent $9 million on the skim, which has netted them over $34 million so far. The Mackinac Center is involved in legal …

SEIU Election Battle Hinges On Home-Based Caregivers

Union member: 'I was born in the Mideast ... I've never seen an election that was messed up like this'

… tion Day is approaching for SEIU Healthcare Michigan, the union … caregivers. But even as the SEIU "dues-skim" nears an end, a … election is at issue. Current SEIU Healthcare Michigan President … in Muskegon, is no longer in SEIU Healthcare Michigan. Last year, … employees at the facility gave SEIU Healthcare Michigan the boot …

SEIU 'Dues Skim' Finally Grinding To A Halt

… to the union. To date, the SEIU has taken more than $34 million … who were not beholden to the SEIU. Haveman pointed out that at … announced that the contract with SEIU Healthcare Michigan (the union … said. "The only questions the SEIU attorneys have brought up involve … The Legal Foundation says the SEIU engaged in unfair labor practices. …

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 Union teamed … Legislature to look into and eventually attempt to stop the scheme. The SEIU then spent millions of dollars attempting to lock these workers into the …

State of the State: Union Protests Outside Capitol

… respond. She did not speak English. A demonstrator carrying a similar sign said he came to speak out against "union-busting." He thought his union, the SEIU, was worth his time and money even though he was making just over minimum wage. Watch the video below for coverage of the protests:

State Hired More Employees To Administer SEIU 'Dues Skim' Than Oversee Right-to-Work Law

'Where were they when the unions were running around creating fake employers so they could siphon off money?'

… The MQC3’s funding came from the state's Community Health Department. The unions benefited from those jobs and that agency because it allowed the SEIU to take more than $33.7 million from the Medicaid checks of the state's elderly and disabled. "All these people are now all of a sudden monitoring …

Most of the Arrested Anti-Right-to-Work Protesters Have SEIU 'Dues Skim' Connections

Son of SEIU Healthcare Michigan president one of those facing charges

… Capitol are affiliated with the SEIU Healthcare Michigan union. … Joshua Kersting, is the son of SEIU Healthcare Michigan President … Kersting's current status at SEIU Healthcare Michigan is unclear. … Employees International Union (SEIU) affiliate a while back after … $62,131 yearly salary. The SEIU dues skim is the result of …

The Public Employee Union Problem

… that going to Democrats or left-wing groups. The SEIU, AFL-CIO and United Steelworkers have all been … caregivers continued to be forced to pay money to the SEIU. The "dues skim" lead to a legislative fight, an attempted … employees." A few years ago, a union subsidiary of the SEIU pushed GOP Senators into coming up short on a vote …

Election RECAP

Mackinac Center analysts’ personal takeaways on ballot proposals

… amendments. Proposal 4, equally damaging in its own right, would have permitted the continued stealth unionization of home-based caregivers by the SEIU. The majority of these workers are friends or family members of their patients, and certainly not government employees. Prop 4’s defeat keeps about …

SEIU 'Dues Skim' Days Are Numbered

Work to get caregivers their money back continues

… the contract upon which the SEIU "Dues Skim" is based will end … payments will stop." In 2005, the SEIU perpetrated a forced unionization … union. The scheme has enriched SEIU coffers by more than $33 million. … was the dummy employer the SEIU used to facilitate its forced … entity was an extension of the SEIU that did the union's bidding. …

The Intellectual Firepower Against Right-to-Work

Who's who on right-to-work

… on that organization’s website (go to page 15). Also, unions are heavily represented on EPI’s board of directors, including the presidents of the SEIU, AFSCME, the machinists union, the communications workers union; the food and commercial workers union; UAW President Bob King; AFL-CIO President Richard …

The Union ‘Free-Rider Problem’ Myth in Right-to-Work Debate

The union is the one truly taking advantage of the collective bargaining arrangement

… majority of its funds on local representation. The UAW spent about 41 percent of its receipts on “representational activities.” The Michigan branch of the SEIU got most of its money by forcibly unionizing home caregivers the past few years and used it to try and lock that into the state Constitution. Search …

The Human Side of Right-to-Work Legislation

These are real people who have been hurt by forced unionization

… family member who receives a Medicaid stipend. The SEIU has taken over $33 million from the elderly and … and Gov. Rick Snyder acted to end the scheme, the SEIU took legal action and then spent at least $6 million … previous experience as union members outside of the SEIU. If Michigan becomes a right-to-work state, no …

Stealth Unionization: The Walking Dead

… entire scheme was created by the SEIU in 2005 with the assistance … Granholm’s administration. The SEIU, a self-described “militant” … MQCCC. The scheme allowed the SEIU to skim more than $32 million … members or close friends. The SEIU formally admitted in court … placed on the ballot by an SEIU-funded front organization, …

Connecticut Now Struggling With Caregiver Unionization Efforts

SEIU loss in Michigan not stopping the union

… comes seven years after the SEIU used a mail-in election to … result of that scheme, the SEIU has taken nearly $33 million … caregivers’ Medicaid checks. The SEIU convinced home-based caregivers … coverage. In Michigan, the SEIU’s scheme took place covertly, … been backed heavily by the SEIU in his 2010 campaign. "The …

Unions, Government Entities Team Up to Keep Information From Citizens

… grant 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 …

Families Forced Into SEIU Scheme Relieved and Thankful After Proposal 4 Defeat

Robert Haynes: 'It took ordinary people like us to bring attention to what was really happening.'

… Voters on Tuesday rejected the SEIU's plan to continue the scheme … it look like what they (the SEIU) wanted to do would be beneficial," … she thought what the union (SEIU) had been doing was ridiculous." … been around since 1981.  The SEIU's scheme took a percentage of … "Especially after they (the SEIU) had all of those ads on TV …

An End Finally in Sight for the SEIU Dues Skim

Voters overwhelmingly reject the forced unionization scheme

… and disabled in Michigan. But the SEIU's scheme should now end in February … will soon stop." Since 2005, the SEIU has taken more than $32 million from … practice of being a rubber stamp for the SEIU. The primary impact of Snyder's action … addition to the governor replacing the SEIU-friendly board members, the Mackinac …

All Five Constitutional Amendments Soundly Defeated

Emergency manager law repealed

… rubber stamp their agenda.” Proposal 4, a scheme that would have allowed the SEIU to continue taking $6 million a year from family members who provide home-based … registry and training for care providers was not the issue here, but the SEIU chose to attach them to the poison pill of forced unionization and also …

Voters Reject Special Interest Power Plays

Proposals 2-6 soundly defeated

… double-digits. As was Proposal 4, the SEIU scheme that allowed the union to take … collective bargaining agreement between the SEIU and Michigan Quality Community Care Council expires in February. The SEIU has taken more than $32.7 million from … created non-profit organization, the SEIU reportedly spent more than $5 million …

Media Resoundingly Rejects Prop 2, Prop 4

Only two weekly newspapers support either of the union-backed plans to alter the state constitution

… universally urged readers to vote "no" on Proposal 4. The SEIU has taken more than $32 million from the Medicaid … scheme when Jennifer Granholm was governor. The SEIU needs the amendment to pass to continue the scheme, … a "self-serving measure that enriches only the SEIU." Even some disability advocates are against the …

The Price Tag on the Ballot Proposals

Constitutional changes would cost billions to Michigan taxpayers, citizens

… in 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 …

MLive Prop 4 Live Chat Transcript

… 4, which would enshrine in the state constitution a scheme to force home-based 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 ballot proposal with Dohn …

MICHIGAN CAPITOL CONFIDENTIAL

Fall 2012 Edition

… Already 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 …

Commentary: Proposal 4 Excludes Caregivers From Getting State Employee Benefits

SEIU wants forced unionization locked into state constitution but only to take money from caregivers

… constitutional amendment that the SEIU and its followers wrote themselves: … only for the purpose of the SEIU taking money from them. They … state employees enjoy. The SEIU will not bargain on the workers’ … and simple. Since 2005, the SEIU has taken more than $32 million … eligible for unionization. The SEIU took the issue to federal court …

Not Much Mystery Behind $9 Million Raised for Prop 4

Proposal 4 supporters expect voters to believe that the union is spending $9,593 per name for a registry

… million into Proposal 4.  The SEIU is trying to stay out of the … forced into the union. The SEIU wants the scheme to continue … registry is essential. "If the SEIU is bankrolling this, it isn't … into the constitution. The SEIU orchestrated the forced unionization … caregivers ever since. So far the SEIU has taken more than $32 million from …

Union Electrician and Wife: 'The SEIU Never Did Anything For Us'

Milliron family says they don't think the SEIU should be able to lock its forced unionization into the state constitution

… scheme orchestrated by the SEIU when Jennifer Granholm was … and I did,” she said. “The SEIU never did anything for us and … said she was forced into the SEIU in 2006 and for two years had … got any information from the SEIU after the mail-in election.  … back with Proposal 4.” The SEIU has taken more than $32 million …

Prop 4 Not About Home Care

… According to its own website, the SEIU is an employee union that exists … Proposal 4 maintain that the SEIU is spending millions to simply … coffers. This has netted the SEIU more than $32 million since … Home Care First comes from the SEIU. According to the same report, … legal action, the days of the SEIU skimming money from caregivers …

Law Enforcement Does Not Universally Support Proposal 4

State sheriff's association says it's wrong for special interests to meddle with State Constitution

… 44,000 home-based caregivers were unionized and started losing money to the SEIU. The union has taken more than $32 million from the Medicaid checks of the … administration." Earlier this year, Schuette went to court to try and stop the SEIU from taking the money. Proposal 4 campaign supporters have managed to get …

A War of Ideas on All Fronts

The Mackinac Center Fights For Liberty

… higher, with Weingarten at $493,859 in 2011 and Van Roekel at $460,060. SEIU Dues Skim Although Gov. Snyder signed into law a bill declaring home-based … injunction, meaning the dues skim will continue until at least February. The SEIU argued in court that the union needed the money for political speech. Taxmaggedon …

President’s Message: Will the Union Power-Play Backfire?

… fiscally distressed schools and municipalities. Unions want a “no” vote on 1. Prop 4 is a direct response to the Mackinac Center’s exposure of the SEIU’s indefensible skimming of $32 million (and counting) from home-based caregivers of Medicaid recipients. Prop 4 carves their scheme into the constitution …

Arc Michigan Exec's Name-Calling Goes Against Group's Own Pledge

Dohn Hoyle, who also is Prop 4 spokesman, called parent caregiver Robert Haynes 'an idiot'

… unionization scheme, which was orchestrated by the Service Employees International Union when Jennifer Granholm was governor. They also oppose Proposal 4. The SEIU takes about $6 million a year from the Medicaid money of the elderly and disabled in Michigan as "union dues." The union has taken more than $32 million …

Free Press Live Chat on Prop 4

… 4, which would enshrine in the state constitution a scheme to force home-based 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 ballot proposal with Dohn …

SEIU Members Protest SEIU Healthcare Michigan

Three members of the SEIU Healthcare Michigan say home-based caregivers get "no benefit" from the SEIU.

Hospital SEIU Members Say Home-Based Caregivers Get 'No Benefit' From Proposal 4

'They don’t receive sick time. They don’t get vacation time. They can’t file a grievance'

… said, 'Yes you belong to the SEIU,' " Linebarger said. "They … Clara Leavell, were at the SEIU Healthcare Michigan headquarters … minority (about 10,000) of SEIU Healthcare Michigan members … Michigan's Home Help Program and the SEIU has taken more than $32 million … year, but the union affiliate, SEIU Healthcare Michigan, is using …

Endnotes

… Wright, “Haynes and Glossop v SEIU and MQC3, Brief in Support … (accessed Oct. 4, 2012). 25 SEIU Healthcare Michigan v Snyder, … (accessed Oct. 7, 2012). 49 SEIU Healthcare Michigan v Snyder, … 12-cv-12332 (ED Mich.) 50 SEIU Healthcare Michigan v Snyder, … (accessed Oct. 7, 2012). 92 “SEIU ensnared in political corruption …

Conclusion

… more than $30 million in union dues from Medicaid money meant for those caregivers. The subsequent public outcry and legislative backlash against the SEIU and the MQC3 for this arrangement led to the defunding of the MQC3. Advocates serious about these programs should consider severing them from unionization, …

Related Principles at Issue in the New Model

There is one other very important aspect of union law that is affected by what occurred here with the SEIU and MQC3, and by what Proposal 4 seeks to set in stone. This goes to the very heart of the purpose which has justified collective bargaining. Under collective bargaining, the representative union …

Practical and Political Aspects of the New Model

… dues and agency fees by the SEIU in the unionization of in-home … unionization in 2003. In 2006, the SEIU was reportedly the biggest … re-election campaign.[92] The SEIU has asserted that political … caregivers in Michigan. In the SEIU’s federal lawsuit against the … discontinuing the dues collection, the SEIU’s attorney cited political concerns …