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Michigan Caregivers sue state over ‘false’ public employee classification
The Service Employees International Union succeeded in its effort to unionize home health care providers early in October, but the Mackinac Center for Public Policy argues in an ongoing lawsuit that classifying home care providers as state employees in the first place is not legal.
This is the second time in this century the SEIU has installed its dues skim with a tiny fraction of votes among the total available labor force. There are 32,000 home health care providers in the state. There were only 5,527 valid ballots cast on the matter of unionization, with 4,205 votes in favor. Another 1,502 providers voted against the effort, according to the Michigan Employment Relations Commission.
Under a previous dues skim the SEIU ran from 2005 through 2012, home health care providers were forced to pay $34 million in union dues that bought them essentially nothing. Most home care providers are family members who receive a government stipend intended to defray the out-of-pocket costs of caring for their loved ones in the home. The SEIU’s claim was that receiving this public subsidy made home care providers public employees subject to unionization. Click here to read more.
10 Teams Have Forfeited to Volleyball Team with Transgender Player.
A total of 10 teams have now forfeited to the Jurupa Valley High School girls’ volleyball team in California due to the inclusion of a transgender athlete on its roster.
“Los Osos High School forfeited a tournament game against Jurupa Valley on Saturday, while Patriot High School forfeited its Monday varsity match, marking its second forfeit to JVHS this season. Patriot High School previously forfeited a Sept. 26 match to Jurupa Valley,” Fox News reported on Wednesday.
A California school board president familiar with the matter confirmed that only the Patriot High School varsity team forfeited to JVHS, while the JV and freshman teams did play.
No school has given an official reason for the forfeits. As many as two Jurupa Valley senior players, Alyssa McPherson and Hadeel Hazameh, quit the team this season in protest of sharing a court with a transgender athlete, which Jurupa Valley High School has continued to support. Click here to read more.
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A senior at the University of North Georgia is voicing her shock after buying a textbook that apparently labeled Christianity as a white supremacist group.
Kelbie Murphy paid about $100 for the book assigned for her International Public Relations course, but one line in chapter 8 unnerved her, Fox News reported Thursday.
The outlet cited the text as saying, “An internet search produces the following modifier for identity: corporate, sexual, digital, public, racial, national, brand, and even Christian (a U.S.-based white supremacist group).”
Moments after she discovered it, Murphy recorded a video of herself reading the passage and posted the clip on TikTok. Click here to read more.
Deputies arrest 17-year-old accused of faking kidnapping he blamed on Hispanic men
Deputies with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office arrested 17-year-old Caden Speight on Tuesday. He faces charges of presenting false evidence, shooting into a conveyance, making a false report of a crime and possession of a firearm by a minor.
Speight reportedly texted his mother Sept. 25, claiming he was shot while driving on Southwest Highway 484 in Dunnellon. He claimed to have been taken by four Hispanic men in a light-colored van.
“I need help. Being shot at. 4 Hispanics armed, white van, one driver. I’m hit,” the text message read.
Speight’s disappearance triggered an Amber Alert and a frantic search for the 17-year-old. Investigators later determined he had fabricated the incident, calling the whole thing a “hoax.” Click here to read more.
Federal investigation leads to arrest, charges in affordable housing funding fraud in LA
A federal investigation has led to an arrest and criminal charges, in separate cases, for fraudulently accessing and using public funds that were meant for homelessness and affordable housing, according to the Department of Justice.
In both of these cases, defendants took advantage of funds allocated to assist the homeless, some of the most vulnerable people in society and many of whom may be suffering from myriad conditions, including addiction,” said Akil Davis, the Assistant Director of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office in a written statement.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said she has “zero tolerance” for corruption in response to the charges.
“We’re working with the U.S. Attorney’s office to ensure that anyone who engages in fraud against the city will face the full force of the law and my administration’s unwavering commitment to accountability,” Bass said in a written statement. Click here to read more.
