The jig is up, again. Three individuals have been charged with allegedly scheming to defraud Medicaid by preying on behavioral health patients. Two drivers and an interpreter serving low-income patients…
The campaign by personal care attendants who oppose union representation continues to gather momentum. The goal is to collect enough signatures to force the State of Minnesota to allow a…
On Monday House Republicans revealed draft language to repeal and replace Obamacare. The proposal met an immediate backlash from conservatives. Sen. Rand Paul called it “Obamacare Lite.” FreedomWorks, Heritage Action, the Club for…
This is a classic tale of good and evil, and the little guy getting pushed around by the big guy. In the 1970s, our country moved away from institutionalizing disabled…
You could call it the story of Patricia and Goliath. The elderly rural Minnesota personal care assistant who stood up to the powerful public employee union–and won. Johansen accused Service…
We welcome the fact that the Trump administration hit the “pause button.” Minnesota needs time to get a handle on this. When you invite people to your country, to your…
After the 2016 election, on which the SEIU spent lavish sums on very partisan, far-left candidates and issue-advocacy, Mary Kay Henry, the national president of the SEIU, put her…
Minnesota homecare workers mount historic fight against the union Summary: In an effort to help their political supporters in the unions, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton and the state’s legislature…
How a Medicaid program for the Disabled is being exploited to fund DFL and Progressive Left Policies
In October, we told you about a “social services” Strib reporter who writes on the news pages like a commentator or advocate. It is an old fashioned but good idea…
The Minnesota Bureau of Mediation Services has ordered the suspension of contract talks between the Service Employees International Union representing personal care attendants and state negotiators to avoid interfering with…
The Minnesota Bureau of Mediation Services has ordered the suspension of contract talks between the Service Employees International Union representing personal care attendants and state negotiators to avoid interfering with…
Today is the day that MNPCA is required under Minnesota law to demonstrate that 30 percent of the SEIU bargaining unit wants a new election. It will deliver thousands of…
MNPCA is a coalition of home-based personal care attendants (PCAs) who care for persons with disabilities in their homes under a Medicaid program. In most cases, the PCA is a…
Last Thursday, October 27th was a busy day for a coalition of devoted personal care attendants (PCAs) trying to decertify the SEIU Union that got itself “elected” in 2014 with…
If Minnesota's PCAs are successful, labor experts say this will be the largest decertification in U.S. history.
Minnesota Personal Care Attendants (MNPCA) are suing the State of Minnesota for undermining its drive to decertify the Service Employees International Union by failing to provide up-to-date lists of PCAs…
Recently, a Minneapolis Star Tribune reporter named Chris Serres wrote a sympathetic article about a new SEIU union for home-based personal care attendants (PCAs): “Minnesota’s home care workers demand action…
Set aside the hype: Minnesota lags national averages in a wide range of economic indicators, exposing deep vulnerabilities for the future.
Back in June, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota announced it was pulling out of Minnesota’s individual insurance market due to heavy losses. As a result, 103,000 policy holders will…
Diana Furchtgott-Roth, former chief economist of the U.S. Department of Labor, a senior fellow and director of Economics21 at the Manhattan Institute wrote a great article in U.S. News &…
Kris Greene and other home-based Personal Care Attendants (PCAs) do not want to be represented by the SEIU. With help from the Center’s Employee Freedom Project, Kris has launched a…
Question: How many moms does it take to stop the Service Employees International Union? Answer: About 9,000, give or take. And Lakeville mother Kris Green is leading the way to…
A group of Personal Care Attendants (PCAs) in Minnesota announced last week that they want out of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) bargaining unit formed in 2014. They say…