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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 …