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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 …

Media Cite Center on Supreme Court Case

SEIU-type dues skim outlawed

… several other states is “similar to what we went through in Michigan with the SEIU’s stealth unionization of caregivers and the ensuing dues skim.” Wright … ongoing litigation aimed at returning some of the dues money” skimmed by the SEIU, and he was cited by Fox News on the same issue. Wright discussed the ruling …

U.S. Supreme Court Rules Home-Based Caregivers in Nine States Free from Union Dues Skim

Mackinac Center Legal Foundation filed two briefs at the High Court regarding the case

… through in Michigan with the SEIU’s stealth unionization of caregivers … caregivers in Michigan saw the SEIU skim more than $34 million … came to an end last March. The SEIU tried to enshrine its scheme … by 12 percentage points. The SEIU was later fined $199,000 — … 4. “It’s very telling that SEIU Healthcare Michigan’s membership …

Supreme Court Rules Unionization Schemes Involving Home-Based Care Providers Are Illegal

Mackinac Center represented workers similar to those in Illinois who were forced to pay union dues simply because they got state money

… that the 'dues skim' that the SEIU set up in Michigan was unconstitutional." … the country. In Michigan, the SEIU Healthcare Michigan orchestrated … was disbanded last year. The SEIU, however, went to great lengths … positions to delay action. The SEIU also tried to get its scheme locked … points. Earlier this year, the SEIU was fined nearly $200,000 for …

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 …

Unionization Ruling Before The Supreme Court Could Be 'Huge'

Political consultant: Ruling could 'dramatically undermine public sector unions'

… Unionization Michigan Capitol Confidential of the SEIU Dues Skim Legal Foundation Seeks Return Of 'Dues Skim' Money SEIU Election Battle Hinges On Home-Based Caregivers … Reject Forced Unionization Scheme Infighting At The SEIU How the Forced Unionization of Day Care and Home …

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 …

Union Loses $4.2 Million After Dues Skim Ends

… Employees International Union (SEIU) targeted the assistance checks … cold shoulder. As a result, SEIU Healthcare Michigan, the union … Department of Labor, membership in SEIU Healthcare Michigan dropped … the home care. In 2005, the SEIU perpertrated a forced unionization … “home health care workers” and SEIU Healthcare Michigan was created …

Center in Wall Street Journal Consecutive Days

Cited on SEIU scheme, Detroit bailout

… Independent voters are overwhelmingly opposed to the bailout. The second, Tuesday’s editorial, is about the 80 percent drop in membership seen by SEIU Healthcare Michigan now that its stealth unionization scheme has ended. 

MICHIGAN CAPITOL CONFIDENTIAL

Spring 2014 Edition

… with State Tax Dollars Message From the President: Defending Free Speech Vague Criminal Laws Threaten Individual Liberty and Burden the Justice System SEIU Fined Almost $200,000 Over Actions Tied To 2012 Ballot Proposal Campaign Lawsuit Filed Against MEA Over Dues Policies, ‘Fair Representation’ Hospital …

State, National Media on SEIU's Downward Spiral

Right-to-work rescues 44k from stealth unionization scheme

… Capitol Confidential story about the 80 percent decline in membership in the SEIU Healthcare Michigan union is receiving national media attention. Some 44,000 … scheme approved by the Granholm administration have chosen not to join the SEIU now that the stealth unionization has been overturned by law. Fox News, …

SEIU Membership Drops 80 Percent

When given a choice, thousands refuse to join

… unionization scheme to force tens of thousands of Michiganders into the SEIU has ended, its membership is down 80 percent. More than 44,000 home-based … concocted during the Granholm administration have chosen not remain in the SEIU now that they have the freedom to decide.

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 …

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 …

SEIU Fined Almost $200,000 Over Actions Tied To 2012 Ballot Proposal Campaign

Union suffers another loss related to dues skim, which took more than $34 million from home-based caregivers

… finally ended in early 2013, the SEIU took more than $34 million … announced this week that the SEIU will pay $199,000 in penalties … filing fees already paid, the SEIU will have paid more than $205,000 … campaign to shield the fact that SEIU was virtually the only entity … suspected all along that the SEIU was trying to hide its real …

Who Is Behind The Minimum Wage Increase Drive?

A look at the Restaurant Opportunities Center

… is a labor union front? A: I mean it in the sense that it was union-founded and is increasingly working closely with the unions, particularly the SEIU (Service Employees International Union). In 2003, the New York Press reported that ROC's goals had evolved into efforts to organize the 99 percent …

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 …

Wright Discusses Supreme Court Visit on WJR

Illinois union scheme similar to SEIU dues skim

… stealth unionization scheme in question in the case is similar to the dues skim inflicted upon home-based care givers in Michigan, during which the SEIU took $34 million from Michigan’s most vulnerable residents.

U.S. Supreme Court Discusses Right-to-Work For All Public Employees

Union 'dues skim' case could mean the end of forced unionization of home-based caregivers, others

… Unionization Michigan Capitol Confidential of the SEIU Dues Skim Legal Foundation Seeks Return Of 'Dues Skim' Money SEIU Election Battle Hinges On Home-Based Caregivers … Reject Forced Unionization Scheme Infighting At The SEIU How the Forced Unionization of Day Care and Home …