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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Emergency manager law repealed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 …

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 …

Appointments: A Rarely Recognized Gubernatorial Power

Which can have major effects

… the 2012 election. This was the action that finally led to the end of the SEIU healthcare dues skim. Governors also make appointments to the Michigan … to which a governor makes appointments is extensive. ~~~~~ See also: SEIU Dues Skim Finally Grounds to a Halt

Labor Union Protests Outside Mackinac Center Office

… Executive Vice President Michael Reitz said in a statement to the media that the SEIU protest was a fitting nod to First Amendment protections, which the Friedrichs … Friedrichs case,” Reitz said. Reitz went on to remind the media that the SEIU took over $34 million from home health care workers, many of them simply …

Public Sector Unions’ Mixed Fortunes After Michigan Right-To-Work Law

Too soon to tell how much U.S. Supreme Court’s extension of RTW to public sector nationwide will affect union finances

… Others, including the Michigan State Employees Association (MSEA) and the SEIU Local 517M, have seen declines of 20 percent or more. The number of workers paying fees to MSEA fell by 345, from 3,079 to 2,734. SEIU Local 517M decreased by 782 individuals, going from 3,532 to 2,750. Before …

Grading Michigan’s Labor Laws

… Supreme Court ruling, the nation’s four largest government unions — AFSCME, SEIU, NEA and AFT — have lost almost 219,000 union members. The Janus decision … brought by Pennsylvania government employees forced major unions — including SEIU, PSCOA, UFCW and AFSCME — to drop resignation restrictions from state contracts. …

What Unites the Tea Party Movement?

… privileged class. Examples of politicians appearing to serve the system rather than the people published previously on this page include "GOP Senators, SEIU Taxpayer Giveaways, Campaign Cash and More, OH MY!" and "Union Bennie 'Obligation' Legislation Burdens Taxpayers for Nonobligations." The politicians …

Strings May Be Attached When a Politician Has the Union Label

… Right-to-Work Right to Work Bill Rejected Pro-Union Republicans School Union Denounces Privatization School Pension Reform Stalls in Senate GOP Senators, SEIU Taxpayer Giveaways, Campaign Cash and More, OH MY! Tea Partiers Take on Special Senate Race

Flint nixes two administrative pay hikes

… for having to do more work and not getting the pay.” Board trustee David Davenport pointed out that district employees who are represented by the SEIU are now paying 50 percent toward their insurance premium, up from 10 percent, The Journal reported. “I say they can take a cut like I took one,” warehouse …

Your Favorites: 2011

… Bloated Benefits.” “Michigan School Spending Hits All-Time High.” “Superintendent to Governor: ‘Make My School a Prison.’” “GOP Senator Tries to Save SEIU Health Care ‘Employer.’” “Plagiarism Double Standards at Michigan State.” “Bringing Balance to Public Benefits.”