By M.D. Kittle – On Thursday, Kaul dropped his defense of the “dues checkoff” provision in Wisconsin’s right-to-work law, a case appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Read More Picking And Choosing: AG Kaul Won’t Defend State In Right-To-Work Appeal
The MacIver Institute, in comments submitted to the federal government, is urging the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to reform regulations that allow public sector unions to skim dues payments from home caregivers. This “dues skim” scheme diverts some $200 million each year from Medicaid into union coffers. Read More MacIver Submits Comments Urging Federal Government to Address Union Dues Skim
These are tough days for Big Labor. On the heels of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Janus v. AFSCME, the Trump administration is now taking steps to end another union cash grab. The federal CMS is moving to end a union scam diverting some $200 million in Medicaid funds into union coffers from home caregivers, who they convinced state legislatures to classify as government workers, allowing them to be forced into the union. Read More MacIver News Minute: On Heels of Janus, Another Big Labor Cash Grab Is On The Chopping Block
Public employee unions in 11 states have convinced their legislatures to classify home health workers as government employees, essentially forcing them into union membership and diverting $200 million in Medicaid funds each year into union coffers. Other states could look to Wisconsin – which outlawed this scheme in 2011 – to stymie this union scam. Read More MacIver News Minute: “Dues Skim” Diverts Hundreds of Millions of Medicaid Dollars into Union Coffers
By Brett Healy – In an op-ed published in The Hill, MacIver President Brett Healy writes, “Wisconsin protects its most vulnerable, but in 11 other states, those needing in-home-care aren’t so lucky. In those states, home caregivers — many of whom are looking after loved ones in their own homes — may be trapped into paying unions dues thanks to union-backed laws classifying them as government workers.” Read More States Could Help Protect Their Most Vulnerable by Stopping Unions from Skimming Money