Media Mentions – Week of July 20, 2014

Media Mentions – Week of July 20, 2014

Media Mentions – Week of July 20, 2014

The Washington Free Beacon – Unions Ending Forced-Dues Collection of Home Healthcare Workers

A Washington state chapter of the politically powerful SEIU announced that it would no longer force caretakers—many of whom are caring for disabled family members—to pay union dues, according to communications obtained by the Freedom Foundation, a free market think tank.

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The Olympian – SEIU Appears to be Offering Some Home-Care Workers a Way to Avoid Paying Union Dues or ‘Shop Fees’

The notice to workers appears to have gone from Service Employees International Union 775 to select home care workers who have already objected to being in the union. News of the notice came from a top critic of SEIU 775 – The Freedom Foundation, a right-of-center think tank in Olympia – which posted the letter from a top union officer on its web site.

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The News Tribune – SEIU Appears to be Offering Some Home-Care Workers a Way to Avoid Paying Union Dues or ‘Shop Fees’

The notice to workers appears to have gone from Service Employees International Union 775 to select home care workers who have already objected to being in the union. News of the notice came from a top critic of SEIU 775—The Freedom Foundation, a right-of-center think tank in Olympia—which posted the letter from a top union officer on its website.

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Fox News – Unions Ending Forced-Dues Collection of Home Healthcare Workers

A Washington state chapter of the politically powerful SEIU announced that it would no longer force caretakers—many of whom are caring for disabled family members—to pay union dues, according to communications obtained by the Freedom Foundation, a free market think tank.

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The Seattle Times – Report: SEIU Halts Mandatory Fees for Some Workers

Jackson Holtz, a spokesman for SEIU Healthcare 775NW, said the union would not comment on a “right-wing extremist press release” from the Freedom Foundation. He said the union is committed to “working to ensure there continues to be a vibrant home-health-care program in this state.”

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Shift Washington – SEIU Local 775 Obeys U.S. Supreme Court, Just Not Publically

n a letter recently obtained by the Freedom Foundation, the SEIU Local 775 wrote to non-union member healthcare worker who objected to paying dues that they will no longer deduct union fees from future paychecks.

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Western Free Press – Question: Just How Insane, Racist, and Corrupt Do You Have to Be Before Obama Returns Your Campaign Donations?

Back in 2012, these Democrats had to be dragged kicking and screaming to agree not to take any more money from her. Two years later, they took more money anyway, in spite of being fully aware of Knight’s history of making some rather vile statements—statements that make clear that Knight/Ramtha has a rather low opinion of . . .

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