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After Right-To-Work, 80% of Mich. Health-Care Workers Desert Union
Daily Caller ^ | 04/30/2014 | Robby Soave

Posted on 05/01/2014 7:55:08 AM PDT by Rusty0604

Having won the right to decide for themselves whether to join unions, Michigan workers are opting to desert an organization that many never wanted to join in the first place: the SEIU.

Michigan voters put an end to forced unionization by approving right-to-work in the 2012 election. Republican Gov. Rick Snyder also signed a bill that ended a fraudulent dues-skimming scheme, perpetrated by the SEIU, which had allowed the union to collect $34 million in mandatory dues out of the Medicaid checks of unknowing home-based caregivers.

No longer obligated to pay money to the SEIU, 80 percent of home-based caregivers have left the union

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: laborunions; michigan; seiu; union; unions
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Less money for the SEIU= less money for democrat politicians.
1 posted on 05/01/2014 7:55:08 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Rusty0604

What’s wrong with the other 20%? Entrenched grifters? Or just stuck on stupid?


2 posted on 05/01/2014 7:57:08 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Springman; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; madison10; ...
Are we ashamed yet? LOL

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3 posted on 05/01/2014 7:57:57 AM PDT by cripplecreek
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To: Rusty0604

Nice.


4 posted on 05/01/2014 8:00:49 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Rusty0604
Wow I was just going post an article about this.. SEIU Membership Drops 80% After Dues Skim Ends


5 posted on 05/01/2014 8:02:22 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: Rusty0604

I absolutely LOVE this! I dont’ agree with Governor Snyder on everything, but this was a HUGE win!


6 posted on 05/01/2014 8:05:16 AM PDT by Mich Patriot (Pitch black is the new "transparent.")
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To: Rusty0604

Most of those beneficiaries from this conservative action will still vote demoRat at election time. -—in Wi.why is Gov. Scott Walker slated for a tight race for all he’s done in actions to get that state on solid ground? Never ever underestimate the level of utter stupidity of many voters and their blind loyalty to their sacred ‘Rats. Ugjhhhhh.


7 posted on 05/01/2014 8:06:56 AM PDT by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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To: Vigilanteman

Probably union leadership.


8 posted on 05/01/2014 8:08:14 AM PDT by cripplecreek
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To: Rusty0604

Woo Hoo!


9 posted on 05/01/2014 8:11:58 AM PDT by Shery (in APO Land)
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So even in the heart of union country, workers realize how oppressive they are.


10 posted on 05/01/2014 8:12:10 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Vigilanteman
What’s wrong with the other 20%?

They're the top brass...or those aspiring to reach that level.You know...pinky rings....huge expense accounts....$100K/yr salaries....10 hour work weeks....no bedpans or night shifts....

11 posted on 05/01/2014 8:14:45 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Stalin Blamed The Kulaks,Obama Blames The Tea Party)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

or like most people, they just want something for nothing.


12 posted on 05/01/2014 8:15:14 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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To: Rusty0604
An amazing thing.

In Wisconsin people simply went apoplectic when Scott Walker signed Act 10 getting rid of mandatory unionization. Literally, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in protest, day after day. They collected 1 million recall signatures (from a state with a 5 million population).

In the end, Walker was reelected and the vast majority of the affected dumped the Union and never voluntarily re-joined.

To me this proves the point that the Unions are very, very good at agitating, much like any good Communist, but once the outside agitation was stopped and the bubble was burst most, except the hardcore Left, were left scratching their heads wondering what just happened here.

13 posted on 05/01/2014 8:16:28 AM PDT by Obadiah (I like Krabby Patties.)
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So even in the heart of union country, workers realize how oppressive they are.

What will it take to make that revelation to the UAW?

14 posted on 05/01/2014 8:16:33 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: Vigilanteman

More than likely they are part of corrupt union !


15 posted on 05/01/2014 8:19:27 AM PDT by ontap
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To: tflabo

I’m afraid you are correct, but I’ll take any good news I can find.


16 posted on 05/01/2014 8:19:42 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: tflabo
Most of the agitators were bussed in!!
17 posted on 05/01/2014 8:21:47 AM PDT by ontap
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To: Rusty0604

Purely coincidental, I'm sure.

18 posted on 05/01/2014 8:23:33 AM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: Teacher317

You might want to use modern maps.


19 posted on 05/01/2014 8:25:37 AM PDT by cripplecreek
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To: Rusty0604

Quite an exodus. The members truly voted with their feet.


20 posted on 05/01/2014 8:26:52 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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