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20090916

DHS and Unions Create Shell Corporation to Shanghai Home-Based Day Care Owners Into Union

20100218

The Michigan Zombie Child Care Council

20100301

Minority Rules: Most Members of Child Care Union Didn’t Vote Themselves In

20100304

The Saga of Forced Unionization

20100310

State Agency That Had Funds Cut by Legislature Says Future Looks Bright

20100422

Stealth Unionization: Action and Inaction

20100427

Connecting the Day Care Union Dots

20100503

E-mails Reveal Child Care Union All About the Money

20100506

'No Comment' from Day Care Union Lawyer on E-Mails, Senate Hearing

20100514

Senate Seeks Another Way to Kill Forced Unionization of Child Care Providers

20100522

Stealth Unionization Plot Survives Another Attempt to Kill It

20100602

Forced Unionization: Big Labor's Last Stand?

20100625

Deadline Looming: Day Care Providers Could Lose State Subsidies

20100714

Union Lawyer Admits in Court that Stealth Unionization Is a 'Slippery Slope'

20100919

National Media and the Stealth Unionization Case

20100924

Court's inaction allows illegal stealth unionization to continue

20101101

Michigan Court of Appeals Judges – Not on the Same Page?

20101212

Hiding the Evidence?

20101222

Michigan Governor Gives Tarnished Answers About Day Care Unionization

20110301

State to Stop Illegal ‘Union Dues’ Withdrawals From Day Care Providers

20110411

Interlocal Agreements – Good Intent, Bad Practice

20110921

SEIU Healthcare Michigan Lives on Without 'Employer'

20110930

Health Care Workers Vote to Bolt from 'Corrupt' SEIU

20111031

GOP Senator Tries to Save SEIU Healthcare ‘Employer’

20111101

Minnesota Governor Should Look to California, Not Michigan, on Unionization of Child Care Providers

20111201

20111207

'Forced Unionization' Brings In $28 Million For SEIU ... And Climbing

20111222

20120212

How the Forced Unionization of Day Care and Home Health Care Providers Took Place

20120216

Roots of SEIU Forced Unionization 'Money Skim' Lead To Former ACORN Organizer

20120308 Government Incompetence At Its Worst – The Tragedy of the Forced Unionization of Home Health Care Workers

20120312

State Senate Passes Legislation to Define Home Health Care Providers as Private Individuals

20120317

The Cover Story For the 'Dues Skim'

20120329

The End Is Near: 'Skim' Stopper Bill Headed To Gov. Snyder

20120410

No Lean Times For SEIU 'Dues Skim' Union Bosses

20120410 New Law Frees Home Health Care Providers From Stealth Unionization, Dues Skim - Illegal arrangement that netted
 SEIU $29.4 million from the developmentally disabled comes to an end
20120411 Union Members Down, Money For SEIU Up: 'Dues skim' contributes to higher union funding
20120425 Home Health Care Dues Still Being Skimmed - Could stop next month
20120505 'Skim Tracker' Hits $30 Million
20120516 Union Money Helps 'Dues Skim' Stay Alive
20120521 No Relief In Sight For Home Health Care Workers
20120526 Attorney General Orders State To Stop SEIU 'Dues Skim'
20120531 SEIU Sues State, Governor to Keep Home Health Care 'Dues Skim' Money Flowing
20120611 SEIU Extends Home Health Care Contract On Day Governor Signs Bill Making 'Dues Skim' Illegal
20120620 Despite Law, SEIU Gets To Continue Taking Medicaid Check Money
20120706 Union Health Care Ballot Supporters Say They Have Enough Signatures for a Vote
20120712 Attorney General Appeals Ruling That Allows SEIU to Keep Taking Dues From Medicaid Checks
20120713 Union Omits $12K From Disclosure Form That Was Paid to Keep Health Care 'Dues Skim' Alive
20120714 Ballot Proposal to Exploit Disabled Medicaid Recipients
20120718 'Dues Skim' Ballot Proposal Proponents Cloud Issue With Mistruths
20120723 Proposal To Keep Forced Unionization Intact – It’s All About The Money
20120724 SEIU Ballot Proposal Raises Questions
20120731 Home Health Care Ballot Initiative Would Usurp Power From the Governor
20120811 Study Says Most Home Health Care Workers Taking Care of Family, Friends
20120817 'Dues Skim' Proponents, State Department Struggle to Explain Health Care Scheme
20120825 Union Money Behind Health Care Ballot Proposal Not Well Hidden
20120829 Forced Unionization Campaign Pretending 31-Year-Old Program Doesn't Exist
20120918 Prop 4 Supporters Promise Programs That Already Exist
20120920 Legal Foundation Seeks End to Forced Unionization of Home-Based Caregivers
20120924 Ex-Teamster says it's 'thievery' that the SEIU is taking money he could use to take care of his mother
20120927

Gov. Snyder Could Replace Board That Helped Facilitate Forced Unionization Of Home-Based Caregivers

20121017 While Helping Out Injured Ex-Wife, Man Forced Into Union
20121019 Prop 4 Op-Ed in Detroit Free Press Ungrounded
20121024 Hospital SEIU Members Say Home-Based Caregivers Get 'No Benefit' From Proposal 4
20121101 Union Electrician and Wife: 'The SEIU Never Did Anything For Us
20121102

Not Much Mystery Behind $9 Million Raised for Prop 4

20121102 Commentary: Proposal 4 Excludes Caregivers From Getting State Employee Benefits
20121108 An End Finally in Sight for the SEIU Dues Skim
20121110 Families Forced Into SEIU Scheme Relieved and Thankful After Proposal 4 Defeat
20121218 SEIU 'Dues Skim' Days Are Numbered
20130114 Most of the Arrested Anti-Right-to-Work Protesters Have SEIU 'Dues Skim' Connections
20130204

SEIU 'Dues Skim' Finally Grinding To A Halt

20130212
20130301

After seven years and more than $34 million taken from home-based caregivers, union contract officially ends

20130323 SEIU Election Legitimacy Questioned by Some Union Members
20130408 Confirmed: The SEIU 'Dues Skim' Finally Ends
20130506 SEIU Lays Out Plan to Try and Continue 'Dues Skim'
20130525 Mystery Contribution Kept ‘Dues Skim’ Alive
20130919 SEIU Under Investigation over Prop 4
20131007 U.S. Supreme Court Agrees To Look At Forced Unionization

20140312

SEIU Fined Almost $200,000 Over Actions Tied To 2012 Ballot Proposal Campaign
20140430 SEIU Membership Drops 80 Percent After Dues Skim Ends
20140627 Audit Shows SEIU 'Dues Skim' Likely Bolstered By Extra $3.7 Million; Union-Run Registry Ineffective
20140701 Michigan Families Set Stage For Helping End Forced Unionization Schemes
20140707 Supreme Court Ruling Opens Door For Daycare Workers To Get Money Back