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SEIU Ballot Language Disconnected From Reality

… proposal. The "exclusive representative" is the SEIU. “Allow” does not mean home health care workers … so home health care workers to pay dues to the SEIU, which can spend the money lobbying or on other … tens of millions of dollars from caregivers to the SEIU, which to date has taken more than $31 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 …

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 …

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 …

America Votes

Simultaneously a partner for political campaigns and a consultant on internal union affairs. Ninth in a series.

… for the Senate to act, the SEIU continues to siphon money that … might be going, drawn from the SEIU's 2010 LM-2 report. America … "consulting" and listed as part of SEIU's overhead. According to its … voter ID bill in Ohio. If SEIU's financial statements are to be taken at face value, SEIU simultaneously relies on America …

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 …

Prop 4 Would Put Union Scam in Constitution

… “skim-scam” has funneled more than $32 million from disabled people into SEIU coffers, for which the unionized employees receive absolutely no benefit. … skimming. The handwriting is on the wall for the unions, which is why the SEIU bankrolled an initiative to actually enshrine this skim-scam into the state …

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 …

Further Down the Rabbit Hole: Forced Unionization 'Dues Skim' Linked To West Coast Scandal

SEIU officials who led charge to unionize unsuspecting workers are now long gone

… Angeles at Local 6434 of the SEIU.  With a membership of 155,000 home health care workers, SEIU Local 6434 was the largest … Stern, who headed the national SEIU until 2010 and in the early … became the first president of SEIU Healthcare Michigan, but resigned not … bill. While that happens, the SEIU is free to use the dues it …

No Relief In Sight For Home Health Care Workers

Without action from governor's office, SEIU 'Dues Skim' likely to continue until at least fall

… Union Healthcare Michigan (SEIU). The collective bargaining … were forced into joining the SEIU. As a result, dues from the … to decline membership in the SEIU and must then pay a uniformly … West Coast Scandal Roots of SEIU Forced Unionization 'Money … Picture, But Dues Keep Flowing To SEIU SEIU Sent Key GOP Senator …

Labor Union Caught in Dues Skim Fails to File Annual Report with Federal Government

SEIU Healthcare Michigan reported losing 80 percent of its members after dues skim ended

Last year when SEIU Healthcare Michigan reported losing more … U.S. Department of Labor. “For SEIU Healthcare Michigan, their … late they are in violation.” SEIU Healthcare Michigan’s reported … more than $34 million to the SEIU. In 2014 the union waited … entirely without the dues skim. SEIU Healthcare Michigan now apparently …

SEIU/MASC: Curiouser and Curiouser

MEDC moved fast to secure a union operation for Michigan, but did they really need to?

… ongoing examination of the SEIU-Member Action Service Center … tax credit to MASC, says that SEIU was considering locations in … Florida, it does not appear that SEIU or MASC applied for economic … Missouri. The timing of the SEIU’s application for tax credits … be highly irregular, but if SEIU waited until October 22 to …

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 …

The Relationship Between the MQC3 and the SEIU

… relationship between the MQC3 and the SEIU is questionable. As described … $22,000 in the bank, of which the SEIU had provided $12,000 — the … this relationship between the SEIU and the MQC3, the MQC3 and SEIU entered into a contract extension … conflict of interest.[*] The SEIU needed the MQC3 to keep the …

Proposal 4 Would Lock Forced Unionization of Home-Based Caregivers Into Michigan Constitution

Center attorney: ‘Dubious arrangement pursued for the sole purpose of allowing the SEIU to pad its political coffers’

… and pursued for the sole purpose of allowing the SEIU to pad its political coffers.” A line-by-line … Health and the Tri-County Aging Consortium. An SEIU attorney certified that the shell corporation was … confuse the voters,” Wilcox said. “The fact the SEIU gave the MQC3 $12,000 after the state cut off its …

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. …

GOP Senators, SEIU Taxpayer Giveaways, Campaign Cash and More, OH MY!

… taxpayer money annually to the SEIU government employee union, … campaign contribution from the SEIU on June 22, six weeks before … Senate Republicans and the SEIU for union support of former … priorities. Day observes that the SEIU endorsed Nofs on August 22nd, … of taxpayer dollars to the SEIU to receive official blessing …

GOP Senators, SEIU Taxpayer Giveaways, Campaign Cash and More, OH MY!

… taxpayer money annually to the SEIU government employee union, … campaign contribution from the SEIU on June 22, six weeks before … Senate Republicans and the SEIU for union support of former … priorities. Day observes that the SEIU endorsed Nofs on August 22nd, … of taxpayer dollars to the SEIU to receive official blessing …

Supreme Court Rules Unions Can't Take Extra Fees Without Consent

SEIU, other unions must provide opt-in clause to spend members' money on political activities

… Perhaps most importantly, the decision in the SEIU v. Knox case portends an end to the system that … of the normal dues or agency fee charged by the SEIU. The union did not provide a second Hudson notice … Michigan Capitol Confidential Coverage of the SEIU Michigan Capitol Confidential Labor Coverage

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 …

New Law Frees Home Health Care Providers From Stealth Unionization, Dues Skim

Illegal arrangement that netted SEIU $29.4 million from the developmentally disabled comes to an end

… clarified, the dues skim must end,” he added. The arrangement that allowed the SEIU to skim from Medicaid payments to some of the state’s most vulnerable residents … there was no real employer with whom to engage in collective bargaining, the SEIU conducted a union representation vote in 2007. Out of the 44,000 home health …

Ballot Proposal to Exploit Disabled Medicaid Recipients

… these payments as "dues," the SEIU has quietly taken more than … supposedly bargains against. The SEIU appears willing to prop up … government workers. But the SEIU filed suit in federal court, … courtroom is not matched by the SEIU and MQCCC arguments made in … a registry without MQCCC or SEIU involvement. As it is, the …

Fighting the SEIU Dues Skim

… small amount of money through a federal program meant to help provide care for the disabled or those with special needs in their own homes. But to the SEIU, one of the largest unions in the country, all of this was just another way to make a buck. With the help of former Gov. Jennifer Granholm, it forced …

Kos Media

Publishers of "Daily Kos." Sixteenth in a series.

… for the Senate to act, the SEIU continues to siphon money that … might be going, drawn from the SEIU's 2010 LM-2 report: Kos Media, … received $144,000 from the SEIU in 2010.  The money was described … progressive blogs on the web, and SEIU figures prominently — and positively … recurring feature is the Daily Kos/SEIU State of the Nation Poll, which …

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 …

The SEIU in Michigan: Home Health Aides

… part of a nationwide push to increase membership using government subsidies as a source for union dues, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) organized Michigan's home health aides. As a result, tens of thousands of the state's independent, private-sector workers found themselves belonging …

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 Draws Attention Over Dues Skim

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.

Home Help Providers Saved From Illegal Dues

… Foundation sued to end the SEIU-HM and MQCCC's illegal diversion … "dues" are funneled to the SEIU, which purports to represent … The case was ruled moot after SEIU paid damages to the plaintiffs. … that the government and the SEIU could enter their home and … funneling them as “dues” to the SEIU in late 2006. To date, the …

Colorado WINS

More state government worker politics. Tenth in a series.

… we wait for the Senate to act, the SEIU continues to siphon money that was … money might be going, drawn from the SEIU's 2010 LM-2 report. Colorado Workers … overtly ideological than most other SEIU projects, it is still largely a lobbying … Foundation The Atlas Project Change.org SEIU Healthcare Michigan Ballot Initiative …

The Alliance for Retired Americans

Union's "administration" included a senior citizen lobbying group with a detailed agenda. Eighteenth in a series.

… we wait for the Senate to act, the SEIU continues to siphon money that was … money might be going, drawn from the SEIU's 2010 LM-2 report: The Alliance for … Americans received $125,000 from the SEIU in 2010. The union characterized this … Foundation The Atlas Project Change.org SEIU Healthcare Michigan Ballot Initiative …

Los Angeles Times SEIU Investigation

… in Hawaii.[18] Freeman was also alleged to have failed to provide documentation to support the legitimacy of a second trip to Hawaii.[19] After the SEIU conducted its own investigation, it banned Freeman for life and sought repayment from him of more than $1 million to cover his misappropriations.[20] …

Muskegon Health Care Workers Get Out of SEIU

… The specific branch of the SEIU involved is Healthcare Michigan. … a September election, means SEIU Healthcare Michigan is even … were glad to be rid of the SEIU. “I'm thrilled,” said Jeff … lifted off our shoulders. “SEIU brags about being an employer-friendly … worked to breakaway from the SEIU. Zahdeh claims the SEIU was …

GOP-Dominated Senate To SEIU: 'Here's $4 Million'

… money continues to be sent to SEIU as dues. Overall, the “skim” … more than $28 million for the SEIU. Last June, the House passed … West Coast Scandal Roots of SEIU Forced Unionization 'Money … Picture, But Dues Keep Flowing To SEIU SEIU Sent Key GOP Senator $5K on …

Union Money Helps 'Dues Skim' Stay Alive

Home health care workers still losing money to SEIU despite law to end the scam; dummy employer executive director working only 3 hours a month

… of at least $12,000 from the SEIU to keep the scheme alive. … comes, seven years after the SEIU pulled off a scheme to divert … Michigan, $1,000; MDRC $3,000; and SEIU $12,000. Steinke went on to … the millions of dollars the SEIU has taken in, the breakdown … able to get the dues check to SEIU. The check is easy; the bigger …

Muskegon SEIU Escape Vote Set For This Week

… Employees International Union (SEIU). The specific branch of the SEIU involved is Healthcare Michigan. … and outspoken critic of the SEIU and Healthcare Michigan. “The … efforts to switch unions. “SEIU was trying to negotiate my … his termination in detail. SEIU's Healthcare Michigan is currently …

Illegal Union Scheme Story Hits National TV

… of a mother and father from Michigan who receive state aid to take care of their disabled adult daughter and son and are forced to pay dues to the SEIU under an illegal unionization scheme was detailed on Fox Business today. The story was broken by Michigan Capital Confidential Nov. 9. When asked …

SEIU Healthcare Michigan Lives on Without 'Employer'

… government “employer” for members of SEIU Healthcare Michigan and with … bargaining agreement since 2006. The SEIU takes union dues from the Medicaid … preparing to close its doors. SEIU “Remains in Force” It appears … regardless of the MQC3’s existence, SEIU Healthcare Michigan will remain … 30, Steinke deferred to the SEIU Healthcare Michigan, saying …

SEIU Requests Contact Info for Kansas HCBS Providers

… of ever-greater government involvement in health care, and understandably so: It gives them more opportunities to snag members and their dues. The SEIU in Kansas has asked the state for the names and addresses of health care professionals who provide care under the state’s HCBS program. A state representative …

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

… Mackinac Center and National Federation of Independent Business have signed on to an amicus brief authored by the Cato Institute in the case Hill v. SEIU. The plaintiff in is being represented by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation and contends that Constitution forbids the act of forcing …

No Lean Times For SEIU 'Dues Skim' Union Bosses

… care dues skim.” To date, the SEIU has collected more than $29 … Rick Snyder. Meanwhile, the SEIU has taken steps toward mounting … $7,130,343 was paid to the SEIU national union in Washington, … members of the top brass at SEIU Healthcare Michigan received … involved in an action against the SEIU back in 2003.  Freddy Polanco …

Health Care Workers Vote to Bolt from 'Corrupt' SEIU

… Employees International Union (SEIU) to try to get Saginaw health … voted themselves out of the SEIU Healthcare union last week. … was 47 in favor of leaving SEIU to 22 for staying. One vote … Manor workers became the first SEIU members outside of California … assistant at Luther Manor, the SEIU Healthcare put on two barbecue …

Prop 4 a 'Money Grab'

… think this is a money grab.” The proposal would give constitutional protection to the forced unionization of home-based caregivers, from whom the SEIU has skimmed $32 million in forced dues.

That's Not How We Roll

Andy Stern was a leader in what is supposed to be a democratic movement, but reveals a jarring admiration for authoritarianism.

Last week, former SEIU President Andy Stern revealed his preference for dictatorial governance in an article he wrote for The Wall Street Journal. Stern was once considered an innovative leader in the union firmament, which likes to portray itself as the model of democracy in action. For such an influential …

skimTRACKER 'Forced Unionization' Dues: More Than $34 Million Taken By The SEIU

… THAN $34 MILLION TAKEN BY THE SEIU FROM MICHIGAN HOME HELP PROGRAM … Employees International Union (SEIU) "organized” Michigan's self-employed Home … The first counter tallied SEIU dues skimmed since the union …   The contract between the SEIU and the dummy employer used … "GOP Senator Tries to Save SEIU Healthcare ‘Employer’" Video: …

Attorney General Orders State To Stop SEIU 'Dues Skim'

… were to end the withholding of SEIU dues from private individuals … 2012 election cycle.   The SEIU hasn’t given any money to Republicans. … executive vice president of the SEIU who made $222,876 in 2010, and SEIU president Mary Kay Henry, whose … of the Michigan chapter of SEIU Local 517. Patrick Wright, …

Center Analysts Discuss Illegal Unionization

… home-based health care providers. Most of these providers are family members caring for disabled relatives who were forced to become members of the SEIU. The union has taken more than $28 million in "dues" from these people since the scheme began. A video by Senior Investigative Analyst Anne Schieber …

Ballot Proposal Would Exploit Disabled Medicaid Recipients for Union’s Political Agenda

… these payments as “dues,” the SEIU quietly has taken more than … among those designated by the SEIU as government employees simply … Information Act records show that the SEIU has paid the MQCCC $12,000. The SEIU appears willing to prop up … government workers. But the SEIU filed suit in federal court, …

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 …

Roots of SEIU Forced Unionization 'Money Skim' Lead To Former ACORN Organizer

… more than $28 million to the SEIU, which the union can use for … 56.442 people are paying dues to SEIU Healthcare Michigan, the division of the SEIU technically involved in the forced unionization. SEIU Healthcare Michigan spokesman … by the U.S. Supreme Court. SEIU Healthcare Michigan notifies …

'Forced Unionization' Employer Out of the Picture, But Dues Keep Flowing To SEIU

Despite state officials' past certainty, some now unsure who actually 'employs' home health care workers

… dues continue to roll into SEIU coffers. So far, the SEIU has taken more than $28 million … taxpayer-provided checks and sent to the SEIU. Under the administration … currently paying dues to the SEIU is 56,422. On Jan. 28, 2012, … are still paying dues to the SEIU. Rep. Opsommer points out …

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 …

Union Health Care Ballot Supporters Say They Have Enough Signatures for a Vote

Union claimed First Amendment rights in court; ballot promoters now claim it's to protect workers, patients

… allowed in said no one from the SEIU was present. Instead, the announcement … home caregivers' checks. The SEIU then had attorneys from San … the dues flow continues]," SEIU attorney Scott Kronland told … patients and workers. "The SEIU has openly admitted to the … are being forced to fund the SEIU's political machine. Since these …

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 …

SEIU Sent Key GOP Senator $5K on Day Bill to End 'Forced Unionization' Arrived in Senate

Home health care unionization continues to this day

… Dues Skim, under which the SEIU has received more than $28 … worker checks and given to the SEIU as union dues. According to … keeps the dues flowing to the SEIU. This dues flow amounts to … million annually, which the SEIU could use for political purposes … Senate Republicans and the SEIU “Since 2006 SEIU has been …

Home Health Care 'Dues Skim' More Than Matches SEIU '08 Obama Contributions

… contributions it gave him in 2008. If SEIU were to send him only the dollars … enough. About five years ago SEIU pulled off a covert “forced … healthcare dues skim.” The SEIU has now received more than … million it gave Obama made the SEIU one of his biggest contributors. Three months ago, the SEIU endorsed Obama's re-election …

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 …

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 …

SEIU Extends Home Health Care Contract On Day Governor Signs Bill Making 'Dues Skim' Illegal

Questions surround signing that extends contract through February 2013

… Community Care Council and the SEIU keeps what is now known as … the "skim" last month but the SEIU sued in federal court to keep … Michigan, an affiliate of the SEIU, signed the contract extension … dummy employer used by the SEIU to net tens of thousands of … in their homes.  So far the SEIU has received more than $30 …

Attorney General Appeals Ruling That Allows SEIU to Keep Taking Dues From Medicaid Checks

… disabled residents to pay to the SEIU, which had challenged in court … governor to put a stop to it. The SEIU has taken more than $30 million … to collect the money. The SEIU is promoting a ballot proposal … November. ~~~~~ See also: SEIU Extends Home Health Care Contract … Making 'Dues Skim' Illegal SEIU Sues State, Governor to Keep …

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 …

Dues and Don'ts

Should all businesses be forced to pay dues to the Chamber of Commerce?

… demonstrates just how far they’ll go to defend these forcibly extracted dues. For example, after Michigan Capitol Confidential broke news last week that the SEIU was removing hundreds of dollars in “dues” annually from the subsidy of a struggling couple who look after their own disabled children, Fox Business …

Union Money Behind Health Care Ballot Proposal Not Well Hidden

Use of a dummy corporation will keep official disclosure 'secret' until next year

… corporation, Home Care First Inc. SEIU Healthcare Michigan, an SEIU affiliate, is the most likely … although other affiliates of SEIU likely are contributing as … campaign finance rules. The SEIU has a vested interest in this … workers since 2005. More than half of SEIU Healthcare Michigan's finances …

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, …

Stealth Unionization Scheme Bleeds Medicaid

… Hayneses are not alone. Under this arrangement, the SEIU has skimmed nearly $29 million from 56,000 Michigan … family members caring for loved ones. In 2005, the SEIU held a virtually unpublicized election that roped … supermajority, have not considered the bill, allowing the SEIU to collect $4 million more over the intervening …

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 …

Dues Skimming Meets Its Demise

Federal rule ends a union's ability to involuntarily take money from home health care givers

… from the Legislature. Then the SEIU held an election, in which … that was enough to install SEIU Healthcare Michigan as the … the dues began flowing to the SEIU. By March 2012, a total of … legislation to end it. But still, the SEIU persisted, going so far as … payments and membership in SEIU Healthcare Michigan plummeted. …

SEIU Allowed to Keep Millions in ‘Dues’ Money it Siphoned Away from Medicaid in Stealth Unionization, Court of Appeals Rules

‘Union has refused every opportunity to defend Granholm administration and itself in concocting this scheme’

… Court of Appeals granted the SEIU’s motion to dismiss the case, … than they requested. “The SEIU overpaid our clients to prevent … “It was pretty obvious the SEIU did not want the court to take … longer interested parties.” The SEIU sent checks to the MCLF on … was unconstitutional.  “The SEIU saw the writing on the wall …

Politically Powerful Special Interest Gets Special State Tax Break

… five years to the corporate subsidiary of the Service Employees International Union for an operation that will provide administrative services for the SEIU and other local unions. MEGA is considered the "flagship" of the state's growing empire of "economic development" programs and authorities. The MEGA …

Michigan Families Set Stage For Helping End Forced Unionization Schemes

Supreme Court ruled daycare, home-based caregivers not public employees and can't be unionized

… unionization attempts. The SEIU went after the home-based caregivers … which later became known as the SEIU "dues skim" involved numerous twists, turns and detours.  The SEIU's scheme in Michigan was orchestrated … caregiver forced unionization were SEIU officials from California with … Stern, who headed the national SEIU until 2010, and in the early …

While Helping Out Injured Ex-Wife, Man Forced Into Union

Proposal 4 would ensure that people like Richard Nottage remain unionized public employees

… million has been taken by the SEIU from tens of thousands of people … injured in Michigan.  And, if the SEIU gets its way, the scheme will … watching their money taken by the SEIU nonetheless. Nottage said he recently received a letter from SEIU, urging him to vote for an … – It’s All About The Money SEIU Ballot Proposal Raises Questions …

Supreme Court Ruling Opens Door For Daycare Workers To Get Money Back

Unions took $4 million from Michigan daycare workers; class action lawsuit now possible

… its scheme in place than it took the SEIU with the home-based caregivers. 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 …

How Right-to-Work Affected Michigan’s State Employee Unions

See the status of five of the state's top unions

… is a union for state police officers, who were exempted from the law.) These unions are the Michigan State Employees Association, UAW Local 6000, SEIU 517, AFSCME Council 25 and the Michigan Corrections Officers. Here is a look at the percentage of workers choosing to remain members of these unions …

Two Wins for Freedom from Union Coercion in 2014

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

… what later became known as the SEIU dues skim. It was a scheme … forced unionization and the SEIU maneuvering to keep it going. … of the millions of dollars SEIU was taking from home-based … to outlaw the dues skim. The SEIU went to court to keep it alive … of 2013 – but only after the SEIU had extracted more than $34 …

Even After Right-to-Work, Unions Still Big Political Spenders in Michigan

Organized labor gave millions to Democratic candidates and groups in 2018

… This data comes from state and federal campaign spending filings. The SEIU’s affiliated super PAC, United We Can, made almost $1.3 million in independent … board elections, state board of regent races and judicial elections. The SEIU Michigan State Council made a $25,000 contribution to Gov. Whitmer’s campaign. …

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 …

Relationship Problems

Government employee unions should not be eligible for special tax breaks. Here's why.

… more and more troubling, as SEIU Local 517M, which represents … state of Michigan. (Another SEIU local, #526M, represents about … reported on this blog, another SEIU subsidiary, the Member Action … intend to follow suit. With SEIU officials agreeing to make … for special tax breaks. The SEIU already receives more than …

Exhibits List for Patricia Haynes and Steven Glossop v. Service Employees International Union Healthcare Michigan and the Michigan Quality Community Care Council

… Beneficiary Bulletin MQCCC and SEIU Addendum to Consent Election … Senate Subcommittee Selected SEIU MERC certification documents … Agreement between MQCCC and SEIU 2009-September 20, 2012 Collective … Agreement between MQCCC and SEIU FOIA response related to amount … Assorted documents related to SEIU $12,000 provision to MQCCC …

Who pays the most for minimum wage?

On July 24, 2012, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) rallied to raise the federal minimum wage to $10.55 an hour. In Michigan, there is currently an effort to raise the state's minimum wage to $10 an hour by 2015. It would be the highest in the country. The Mackinac Center's Director of …

Father Taking Care of His Disabled Adult Kids Called An 'Idiot' by Proposal 4 Spokesman

The Arc Michigan Executive Director Dohn Hoyle resorts to name-calling against Robert Haynes because Haynes doesn't support forced unionization scheme

… Last year we were put into the SEIU without our knowledge.  In … children. We didn't join the SEIU.  We now pay monthly dues that … his family. At the time, the SEIU "dues skim" was almost unknown. … eligible to be unionized, the SEIU continues to take about $6 … He never heard back from the SEIU despite repeated requests for …

Proposal 4: The Unionization of Home-Based Caregivers

… of members friendly to the SEIU, and it would act as the providers’ … compensate or supervise them. The SEIU’s “collective bargaining” with … Schieber, March 19, 2012 The SEIU in Michigan: Home Health Aides … Michigan Senate Republicans Allow SEIU to Bully Home Caregivers Anne … 2012 Jack Spencer Discusses SEIU Dues on “The Frank Beckmann …

Interlocal Agreements – Good Intent, Bad Practice

… provided a so-called public “employer” for the SEIU to create the 55,000 member SEIU Healthcare Michigan. The SEIU takes union dues from the Medicaid subsidies paid …

Mackinac Center Legal Foundation

… Sherry Loar is a home daycare provider in Petoskey, Michigan. With the Legal Foundation’s help, she managed to fight and win her case against the SEIU. Read her story. < 1 / 3 > “Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. It’s a wonderful feeling knowing you guys were there, and I was not fighting this battle …