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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 …