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Tag Archives: Unions

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Potentially the biggest union-related case since Janus appealed to U.S. Supreme Court

The Buckeye Institute appealed a case to the United States Supreme Court that could prohibit forced public sector union representation if successful.

December 10, 2018 in U.S..
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Unions defy Supreme Court on mandatory dues, suit says

Labor unions are collecting dues from public employees without their “affirmative consent” in defiance of a Supreme Court ruling, a new lawsuit alleges.

December 7, 2018 in U.S..
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Union members have traditionally supported Democrats, but poll shows a dramatic shift

Self-identified union members are just as likely to support a Republican for office as a Democrat, according to polling data released by Pew Research Center Monday.

October 22, 2018 in U.S..
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Roper: Unions vs. teachers — thoughts after Janus

By putting unions in the position of having to work harder and prove value to their membership, teachers, students and taxpayers will benefit. Unions, if they’re up to the challenge, will benefit too.

September 28, 2018 in Commentary.
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Big Labor gives back thousands in forced fees to avoid court battle

“Nearman’s refund represents the first of what should ultimately be hundreds of millions of dollars or even more returned to public employees for union fees seized from them in violation of the First Amendment,” National Right to Work Foundation President Mark Mix said in a statement.

August 6, 2018 in U.S..
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Hansen: More Medicaid monies for Vermont home care workers

By observing United States constitutional and labor laws, the judicial and executive branches of the federal government have granted more Americans the freedom and right to work, and ensured that our taxpayer funds support those, amongst us, in gravest need.

July 27, 2018 in Commentary.
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Trump administration takes on unions over ‘skimming’ Medicaid funds

The rule proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would eliminate states’ ability to divert part of Medicaid payments from providers to a third party. Home caregivers are often relatives or close friends of a family, and they receive the Medicaid stipends for in-home care that varies based on hours required.

July 24, 2018 in U.S..
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CMS rule change would stop Vermont from diverting Medicaid funds to Big Labor

Home health care workers in Vermont could see more money in their paychecks due to a proposed federal rule change that would prevent unions from skimming funds from state-subsidized home health care workers’ pay.

July 17, 2018 in TNR News.
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McClaughry: A course change for public sector unions

Not surprisingly, VSEA and VT-NEA are moaning about the impact of the Janus case. But that case doesn’t restrain the unions from conducting their core functions — representing the interests of workers to their employers.

July 15, 2018 in Commentary.
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Trump to stop Big Labor from skimming Medicaid payments, affecting home care workers in Vermont and other states

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced a proposed rule Tuesday that would require Medicaid payments to go directly to healthcare workers, ending a 2014 Obama-era rule that let third parties, such as unions and insurance companies, skim off a share of the paycheck.

July 11, 2018 in U.S..
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Government employee who beat unions at Supreme Court sees end to their ‘free ride’

“The way I look at this is it is the unions that have been free-riding on me and 5 million public-sector workers across the country. They have been getting our money in order to do their bidding. And so therefore they have been free-riding on us, since many of us don’t agree with what they are doing.”

July 5, 2018 in U.S..

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