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Michigan Senate bills would revive dues skim for home health workers

Government employees can opt out of unions, but Senate Bill 790 would make it much harder

… familiar with the phrase “dues skim,” that’s because it was a … decade ago. Years before dues skim went away, home health workers … or received benefits from. Dues were being skimmed from their paychecks, and … 2013.  But the old days of dues skim would return under Senate … more

Part-time grocery worker says AG had to intervene in dues skim

Michigan attorney general’s office helped employee use his legal right to opt out of union membership

… employee, says his union continued to take dues from his paycheck despite his multiple … “closed” shop. Mills still had to pay dues to United Food and Commercial Workers … law. But the union continued to take dues out of Mills’ paycheck. Mills works … after Mills opted out, the union took dues from him. This happened twice in 2022, … more

Michigan home health workers would be protected from dues skim if right-to-work is repealed

Home health care workers are one group of people who would not be affected by right-to-work’s repeal

… what is now known as a “dues skim.” The SEIU was permitted, … had to pay only half of the dues required, or $12 per month. … would have to pay the full dues amount, approximately $24 per … Public Policy exposed the dues skim. Its efforts led to Public … about whether unions are skimming dues from their paycheck,” he … more

SEIU Healthcare Michigan is under trusteeship once again

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

… members, usually without their consent, in a tactic widely known as a ”dues skim.” In Michigan, this diversion came to an end in 2012 when the state amended … home-based day care providers and home health caregivers to sign up and pay union dues. Henry wrote in her letter that the current trusteeship is made necessary … more

The New Republic Says Unions Are Making a Comeback

But the ancient magazine of political insiders gives no evidence, and Michigan numbers indicate the opposite

… themselves if they want to become a member of and pay dues to a union. Hundreds of union members protested … them at home. Critics called the practice a “dues skim,” as the union justified the takings as a form of dues collection. The union ended up paying damages to … more

Despite Collapse in Membership, SEIU Poised to Go All-In in Michigan

$150 million campaign blunted by right-to-work law

… collapse in membership, driven by the end of the “dues skim” — a stealth unionization scheme that siphoned “dues” from funds meant for the sick and elderly — and … Since then, the national SEIU has lost 8% of its dues and fee payers, according to federal LM-2 reports. … more

10 Years Of Michigan Capitol Confidential Online

If CapCon doesn’t report it, who will?

A search for the term “dues skim” on the Michigan Capitol Confidential news site finds it appeared in … deal to “unionize” home caregivers and extract “dues” from the small Medicaid stipends the receive. … declared that unions cannot automatically deduct union dues from home health care providers. This one of many … more

What the Mackinac Center is Thankful for in 2019

Freedom, fairness and fiscal responsibility

… caregivers. The White House thanked the Mackinac Center for our “fantastic report,” which provided a roadmap for the federal government to end the dues skim. A host of bills moving through the Legislature gets rid of unnecessarily licensing regulations and will make it easier for people to find work. … more

Dues Skimming Meets Its Demise

Federal rule ends a union's ability to involuntarily take money from home health care givers

… ending the home health care dues skim, whereby Medicaid grants … held that requiring mandatory dues or fees from these health care … Harris v. Quinn, unions began skimming money from home health care … election, in November 2006, the dues began flowing to the SEIU. … insurance. Eventually the dues skim ended, Medicaid recipients … more

Medicaid Dues Skim May Come To An End, After All

Friends, relatives of disabled individuals among those swept into public sector unions

… states from deducting union dues from checks sent to home health … sometimes referred to as a “dues skim,” is currently allowed in … million in union dues was skimmed from Medicaid checks. In … challenge the legality of dues skimming. Michigan Capitol Confidential, … the end of the contract, dues skimming stopped. In the 2014 U.S. … more