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SEIU Dues Skim Scheme Continues

CapCon also tracking public-sector pay

… Michigan Capitol Confidential reports today, however, that “dues” are still being skimmed from their paychecks. CapCon’s skim-tracker shows that the SEIU has siphoned nearly $30 million from Michigan’s most vulnerable residents since the scheme was put in place six years ago. CapCon also reports today …

Home Health Care Dues Still Being Skimmed

Could stop next month

… for about six years and the SEIU has taken in more than $29 … dollars will go toward the SEIU effort to lock the “skim” permanently … West Coast Scandal Roots of SEIU Forced Unionization 'Money … Picture, But Dues Keep Flowing To SEIU SEIU Sent Key GOP Senator $5K on …

SEIU Scheme Ends

A scheme that has diverted nearly $30 million from the neediest Michigan residents to the SEIU over the last six years should come to an end now that Gov. Rick Snyder has signed legislation clarifying that home health care aides are not public employees, according to the Marquette Examiner. MIRS Capitol …

Union Members Down, Money For SEIU Up

'Dues skim' contributes to higher union funding

… Employees International Union (SEIU). Healthcare Michigan filed … Governor Jennifer Granholm, the SEIU targeted the Medicaid checks … director of communications for SEIU Healthcare Michigan, did not … MichCapCon Coverage of the SEIU Michigan Health Care Workers Seeking Exit from Scandal-Ridden SEIU Affiliate Government Incompetence …

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 …

25 Reforms in 2011

… health care "dues skim" are over. The latter "skim" resulted in $7 million annually being funneled from mom-and-pop home health care providers to the SEIU (parent of ACORN). 21. Post-retirement state employee health benefits reformed.Critically important and long overdue reforms of these optionalbenefits …

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 …

You Had to Figure This Would Happen...

MEA lawyers blocking labor law reforms

… there is a legal challenge to legislation that would end the legally questionable unionization of graduate students at the University of Michigan, the SEIU is preparing a ballot initiative to reinstate their medicare dues skim, there will be a ballot proposal that will take away the authority of emergency …

Commentary: Mixed Messages on Prison Spending

… be just the latest in a long string of prison union wins. For example, in 2002, gubernatorial candidate Jennifer Granholm publically promised the SEIU-affiliated prison guards union she would shut down Michigan’s first and only experiment in privatized prisons, a so-called “punk prison” located in …

March 30, 2012, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Roll Call

… ended by the Snyder administration subsequent to a Mackinac Center legal challenge, and the bill would (eventually) end a still-ongoing one extracting SEIU union dues from home health care providers who are mostly relatives of disabled individuals.  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No" Interested in a …

MICHIGAN CAPITOL CONFIDENTIAL

Winter 2011-12 Edition

… Health Care Workers Vote to Bolt from 'Corrupt' SEIU Subsidized Green Energy Company Struggles, Lays … Looking Like a Done Deal GOP Senator Tries to Save SEIU Healthcare ‘Employer’ Despite Deficit, Some Dearborn … 'Forced Unionization' Brings In $28 Million For SEIU ... And Climbing I'm Just a Bill

The End Is Near: 'Skim' Stopper Bill Headed To Gov. Snyder

State Rep.: Unions 'lying' to stop bill

… Senate Bill 1018. In 2005, the SEIU targeted dollars that taxpayers … to be in nursing homes. The SEIU scheme, involving a dummy employer … health care workers into the SEIU. The majority of the 43,729 … people were unionized, the SEIU began collecting dues from … has now grown to 60,190. The SEIU has netted more than $29 million …

Unions in Perpetuity

… International Union. The rest, many completely unaware that a vote took place, are labeled “government employees” and forced into the union as a result. The SEIU then collects $29 million without having to engage in the collective bargaining that ostensibly is its reason for existence. And family members caring …

25 Reforms in 2011

… providers ended, but due to Senate Republican inaction, $7 million annually is still being funneled from mom-and-pop home health care providers to the SEIU (parent of ACORN). 21. Post-retirement state employee health benefits reformed. Critically important and long overdue reforms of these optional benefits …

Better Late Than Never: An End To the 'Dues Skim'

What can $29 million buy?

… Committee Chair, Sen. Roger Kahn, R-Saginaw, who received $5,000 from the SEIU on the day in June that the House bill was sent to the Senate, still voted with the SEIU — the lone Republican to side with the union. The newly passed Senate bill …

March 23, 2012, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Roll Call

… ended by the Snyder administration subsequent to a Mackinac Center legal challenge, and the bill would (eventually) end a still-ongoing one extracting SEIU union dues from home health care providers who are mostly relatives of disabled individuals.  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No" Senate Bill 821, …

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 …

BREAKING NEWS: Michigan Senate Stops Home Health Care 'Dues Skim'

… be ended now,” Owens said. “SEIU is concerned enough about losing … Employees International Union (SEIU). That 43,729 has now swollen … money continues to be sent to SEIU as dues. Overall, the “skim” … more than $29 million for the SEIU. A home health care worker … West Coast Scandal Roots of SEIU Forced Unionization 'Money …