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A Look at Unions in Michigan, Five Years After Right-to-Work

Most of state’s largest unions have seen a collapse in members and political spending

… whether to be members and pay dues to unions. Since then, nine … loss in union membership and dues. Below is a summary of union … membership; we only count full, dues-paying, voting members). Political … Operating Engineers 324 had 15,007 dues payers in 2012, but it was … Legislature ending the “dues skim” (automatic unionization), … more

How Right-to-Work and the End of the 'Dues Skim' Killed the SEIU in Michigan

Membership, revenue and political spending plummet

… this choice by ending the “dues skim” and then passing right-to-work. Dues Skim In 2005, former Michigan … membership, allowing them to skimdues” money directly from the Medicaid … overwhelmingly and the “dues skim” ended officially in 2013. … more

Unions Admit Forcing People to Pay Dues is Political

U.S. Supreme Court considers right-to-work for all

… able to force people to pay dues and in turn spend hundreds … employees in the state stayed on as dues-paying members. The other ninety … “free” of the burden of paying dues and ignoring the invaluable … proposal to continue the “dues skim” from home caregivers in … Convention that it needed the forced dues “because unions are effective, … more

The Legislative Clock is Ticking

It’s time for free-market reformers to act

… enacted significant collective bargaining reforms and banned the SEIU’s “dues skim” of day care providers. The Legislature kept up a good pace of reform … and equipment, banning the use of government resources to collect union dues and, famously, enacting the nation’s 24th right-to-work law. Republicans … more

The Legislative Clock is Ticking

It's time for free-market reformers to act

… enacted significant collective bargaining reforms and banned the SEIU’s “dues skim” of day care providers. The Legislature kept up a good pace of reform … and equipment, banning the use of government resources to collect union dues and, famously, enacting the nation’s 24th right-to-work law. Since then, … more

How We Use FOIA to Hold Government Accountable

Happy ‘Sunshine Week’ 2017

… people affected had no idea they were even in a union. Nevertheless, unions skimmed tens of millions of dollars in dues from government subsidies meant for the poor and disabled before legislators … more

Union Behind Michigan ‘Dues Skim’ Facing More Corruption Allegations

SEIU Healthcare Michigan has a history of problems

The union responsible for skimming tens of millions of dollars from home caregivers has been placed … words, ”make sure Democrats get [elected].” The “dues skim” took $34 million of state aid meant for the … into a government union so it could collect their “dues.” In the process of running this proposal, the … more

Time for Labor Unions to Collect their Own Dues

The on-going SEIU dues skim must end

… nominee Tom Price. “End the dues skim once and for all.” Harris, … place, the union directly skimmed a portion of the Medicaid … What should be done? The dues skim operates in government programs … funds to collect so-called dues or fees on behalf of labor … convenience of a government-collected dues deduction. Much like every … more

Union Activists Protest Opposition to Coerced Union Dues

U.S. Supreme Court to consider case next week

… government employees to pay union dues or fees as a condition of employment. … to 2013, the SEIU had a dues skimming scheme by which the union … political, which makes the union dues teachers are required to pay … about whether to pay union dues, they are therefore forced … Center.” When the state stopped skimming money from home-based caregivers … more

State's Corporate Welfare Agency Has a History of Secrecy

… whether the interlocal agreement required prior approval by the Legislature. With a few notorious exceptions (such as the home health care provider dues skim created later by Gov. Granholm), most interlocal agreements are unremarkable devices used to avoid red tape in certain government services, such … more