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SEIU Ballot Proposal Raises Questions

Why is the SEIU involved in a ballot initiative that would seemingly have little to do with them? That … homes? This is a favorite selling point for the SEIU and its allies, but the vast majority of those … voters pass the initiative or not? Whether the SEIU continues to receive millions of dollars every …

Proposal To Keep Forced Unionization Intact – It’s All About The Money

… of thousands of people who have been roped into becoming members of the SEIU thanks to the union's "home health care dues skim," which has netted more … chair of the House Appropriations Human Services Subcommittee, said the SEIU has been exploiting the Home Help Program participants and now it's trying …

'Dues Skim' Ballot Proposal Proponents Cloud Issue With Mistruths

Campaign repeatedly engages in falsehoods to lock in millions for the SEIU

… Granholm was governor, the SEIU held a little-known election … participants and sent to the SEIU ever since. This flow of dues … health care dues skim." The SEIU has taken more than $31 million … eventually end the “skim,” the SEIU is resorting to a ballot proposal. … it to Michigan voters, the SEIU will pretend that the proposal …

Union Omits $12K From Disclosure Form That Was Paid to Keep Health Care 'Dues Skim' Alive

If payment made in 2011 and not reported, it’s ‘very serious,’ labor expert says

… since publication. Because the SEIU did not respond to requests … a $12,000 payment from the SEIU in February 2012. The date … responsible union officers. "If the SEIU failed to report expenditures … workers were forced into the SEIU after a vote most were unaware … ended the scheme. However, the SEIU gave it at least $12,000 to …

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 …

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 …

SEIU Skim Scheme Draws Media Attention

… suffering from the forced unionization are simply family members caring for loved ones. The Detroit Free Press reported that the Center has exposed how the SEIU has skimmed more than $30 million in “dues” from the Medicaid checks meant to help developmentally disabled adults. MLive reported that the Center …

‘Protect Our Jobs’ Would Protect the 3 Percent at the Expense of the 97 Percent

… dues from them. Some $4 million was taken before the scheme ended after an 18-month court battle led by the Mackinac Center Legal Foundation. And the SEIU is still skimming $30 million and counting from people, including parents, who care for their disabled children at home with Medicaid assistance. …

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 …

2012 Off to a Great Start — Six Significant Legislative Reforms

… when the Mackinac Center exposed a scam in which money from thousands of disabled individuals who get home health assistance was redistributed to the SEIU government employee union as phony “union dues.” Although delayed, the Legislature finally passed a bill banning this, and the looting ended in May …

Home Health Care Bill Signed Into Law

… Commission on the Aging. The SEIU then applied to the Michigan … $5,000 contribution from the SEIU the day after Opsommer’s bill … its home page to tally the SEIU’s take from home health care … unemployment insurance and since the SEIU was helping keep its doors … release. Not surprisingly, the SEIU filed a federal lawsuit challenging …

Ballot Petition Signatures Submitted in Home Health Aide Scheme

Attempt to grant dues skim constitutional protection is a ‘disgrace’

… proposal that would enshrine the SEIU dues skim in the state constitution … Foundation. “Long before the SEIU and the Granholm Administration … February. A lawyer for the SEIU told the judge the union would … the upcoming elections. “The SEIU has openly admitted to the … are being forced to fund the SEIU’s political machine. Since these …

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

SEIU Dues Skim Continues

Millions of dollars in “dues” will continue to be skimmed by the SEIU from the subsidy checks home health care workers receive, many of whom are family … Beckmann Show” on WJR AM760. Wright also told The Detroit News that the SEIU is taking about $500,000 a month away from the home health aides. You can …

Despite Law, SEIU Gets To Continue Taking Medicaid Check Money

Federal judge orders injunction against law; SEIU 'home health care dues skim' continues

… included the six month extension SEIU and MQC3 signed in April. That … state bureaucrats allowed the SEIU to pencil in MQC3 as a dummy … being unionized. To date, the SEIU has taken more than $30 million … contingent representing the SEIU who traveled to Detroit from … damage." Among the damages the SEIU would suffer, Kronland said, …

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 …

President Joseph G. Lehman Debates 'Protect Our Jobs' Ballot Proposal at the Mackinac Policy Conference

UAW President a Debate No-Show

… for government. One union came into Sherry Loar’s private home day care, called her a government worker, and started taking dues from her. And the SEIU is still skimming $30 million and counting from parents like Rob and Pat Haynes, who care for their disabled children at home with Medicaid assistance. …

Lehman Debates Union Power Grab

… for government. One union came into Sherry Loar’s private home day care, called her a government worker, and started taking dues from her. And the SEIU is still skimming $30 million and counting from parents like Rob and Pat Haynes, who care for their disabled children at home with Medicaid assistance. …

SEIU Sues State, Governor to Keep Home Health Care 'Dues Skim' Money Flowing

… the U.S. Constitution. The SEIU has taken more than $30.4 million … and handing it over to the SEIU. Earlier, the legislature passed … a government employee. The SEIU was taking dues under a complicated … caring for loved ones. The SEIU Healthcare Michigan Union representatives … General Orders State To Stop SEIU 'Dues Skim' How the Forced …

SEIU Dues Scheme Must End

… subsidies that go to home health aides, according to the Detroit Free Press, Midland Daily News, MIRS Capitol Capsule and The Grand Rapids Press. The SEIU took more than $30 million in dues over the last six years under the scheme. Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette issued an opinion Friday saying …

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, …

Attorney General Orders Home Health Dues Skim to End

Illegal scheme continued despite law explicitly stating providers are not government employees

… have been paying dues in the first place.” The SEIU was able to skim the so-called “dues” under a scheme … funds but did receive operating expenses from the SEIU. CapCon also reported that the MQC3 is being operated … unemployment insurance. Wright cautioned that the SEIU is trying to pass a constitutional amendment to …

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 …

SEIU's Vicious Circle

… this morning. Spencer discussed his latest story, which outlines how the SEIU is paying for a shell corporation to remain open after it was defunded by … are not state employees and therefore cannot be forced into a union, the SEIU continues the money grab, which has amounted to some $30 million over the …

Pennies on the Dollar

… health care worker checks and handing it over to the SEIU as union dues, thus ending a union scheme that … member in their own home. Since late 2006, the SEIU has skimmed more than $30 million from taxpayers … basement and receives thousands of dollars from the SEIU to maintain its quasi functions. (Check out Jack …

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 …

How CapCon Uses Transparency Laws to Hold Government Accountable

… Confidential, this law is vital to performing our mission. In just the last year, CapCon has used FOIA requests to break the following stories and more: The SEIU “dues skim,” which has taken more than $30 million from home health care workers, many of them taking care of their own relatives. The multi-million …

'Skim Tracker' Hits $30 Million

… Under a scheme perpetrated while Jennifer Granholm was governor, tens of thousands of so-called “home health care workers” were railroaded into the SEIU. As a result, dues from the taxpayer-provided checks of those to care for homebound patients has been flowing to the union. Continuation of this practice …

April 27, 2012, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Roll Call

… billion this year. The budget includes provisions that could result in placing some prisoners in a private prison, which is strongly opposed by the SEIU-affiliated prison guard union. Republicans Casperson, Caswell, Emmons, Kahn, Nofs and Walker joined all Democrats in opposing this budget.  Who Voted …

Spencer Discusses SEIU Dues Skim

… Thursday on “The Vic McCarty Show” on WMKT 1270AM in Traverse City, discussing his recent story about the continued dues skim that has allowed the SEIU to take nearly $30 million over the last six years from Michigan’s most vulnerable families.

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 …