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Wright Discusses SEIU Scheme

… Daily Drift” with host Gary Wellings on WAAM AM1600 in Ann Arbor Sunday. Wright discussed the illegal unionization of home health care workers by the SEIU and how the union has skimmed some $28 million in “dues” from those private workers. You can read more about the scheme here.

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 Scheme Leads Detroit Newscast

… the Mackinac Center Legal Foundation, explained during the newscast that a shell corporation was set up during the Granholm administration for the SEIU to organize against, and the “dues” are taken out of subsidy checks home health care aides, including family members, receive to care for the disabled. …

Most of the Arrested Anti-Right-to-Work Protesters Have SEIU 'Dues Skim' Connections

Son of SEIU Healthcare Michigan president one of those facing charges

… Capitol are affiliated with the SEIU Healthcare Michigan union. … Joshua Kersting, is the son of SEIU Healthcare Michigan President … Kersting's current status at SEIU Healthcare Michigan is unclear. … Employees International Union (SEIU) affiliate a while back after … $62,131 yearly salary. The SEIU dues skim is the result of …

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 …

GOP Senator Tries to Save SEIU Healthcare ‘Employer’

… become dues-paying members of SEIU Healthcare Michigan. The union … effectively runs the program for SEIU and passes the union dues from … pointed questions about the SEIU (Note: parenthetical statements … supposed to collect union dues for SEIU? (MQC3 basically runs the program for SEIU and passes the union dues from …

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 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 …

The Economic Opportunity Institute

A progressive think tank. Seventeenth 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 Economic Opportunity … In 2010 it received $125,000 from SEIU, funds that according to the union … Foundation The Atlas Project Change.org SEIU Healthcare Michigan Ballot Initiative …

Home Health Care Ballot Initiative Would Usurp Power From the Governor

SEIU-backed proposal would lock union perks into the state constitution

… MQC3 board. However, if the SEIU–backed proposal passes, he … was complete. In 2005, the SEIU targeted Michigan’s share of … place the framework of the SEIU scheme right into the constitution, … was less sympathetic to the SEIU’s forced unionization could … ~~~~~ See also: Why is the SEIU Involved in a Ballot Proposal? …

Commentary: Prop 4 Supporters Promise Programs That Already Exist

Home-based caregiver proposal would lock SEIU unionization scheme into state constitution

… does not mention the $32 million the SEIU has taken from the Medicaid checks … because they are not state workers. The SEIU took the issue to federal court and … 44,000 people were unionized in the SEIU scheme, but the union was able to sign … continue lining the pockets of the SEIU at the expense of Michigan’s most vulnerable …

Jobs with Justice

A national network of local coalitions. Fourteenth in a series.

… Senate. While we wait for the Senate to act, the SEIU continues to siphon money that was meant to help … where that money might be going, drawn from the SEIU's 2010 LM-2 report: Jobs with Justice was the recipient … New Foundation The Atlas Project Change.org SEIU Healthcare Michigan Ballot Initiative Strategy …

SEIU Healthcare Michigan is under trusteeship once again

Its second trusteeship in five years owes to ‘substantiated allegations of serious malpractice’

SEIU Healthcare Michigan is under a trusteeship for the second … The letter, available on SEIU’s website, says that new trustees … effective April 27. Their job, SEIU International President Mary … fund are not misappropriated. SEIU Healthcare Michigan was also … malpractice. In the early 2000s, SEIU locals across the country, …

'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 …

What The...?

MEDC grant to SEIU raises all kinds of questions

… the public deserves answers: SEIU is the collective bargaining … the state as employer and the SEIU as a union? Was there a quid-pro-quo involved? In 2008 the SEIU received close to $6.4 million … again this year. Hasn't the SEIU received enough from taxpayers … indicates that only 47.2 percent of SEIU dues are spent on representation. …

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 …

Union Electrician and Wife: 'The SEIU Never Did Anything For Us'

Milliron family says they don't think the SEIU should be able to lock its forced unionization into the state constitution

… scheme orchestrated by the SEIU when Jennifer Granholm was … and I did,” she said. “The SEIU never did anything for us and … said she was forced into the SEIU in 2006 and for two years had … got any information from the SEIU after the mail-in election.  … back with Proposal 4.” The SEIU has taken more than $32 million …

The Applied Research Center

‘Racial justice think tank’ gets SEIU money. Third in a series.

… Senate. While we wait for the Senate to act, the SEIU continues to siphon money that was meant to help … where that money might be going, drawn from the SEIU's 2010 LM-2 report. The Applied Research Center, with … did was not described. When not consulting for SEIU, the ARC works on racial issues, advocating such …

An End Finally in Sight for the SEIU Dues Skim

Voters overwhelmingly reject the forced unionization scheme

… and disabled in Michigan. But the SEIU's scheme should now end in February … will soon stop." Since 2005, the SEIU has taken more than $32 million from … practice of being a rubber stamp for the SEIU. The primary impact of Snyder's action … addition to the governor replacing the SEIU-friendly board members, the Mackinac …

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 …