From Brietbart After six hours of debate, a bill passed the Connecticut state Senate on a party line vote which will force daycare workers and personal care attendants, who receive some payment through public programs, to pay union dues. The bill followed two executive orders by Gov. Dannel Malloy (Democrat-Working Families Party) that forced a [...]
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Dayton Vetoes Bill Meant to Protect Childcare Assistance Payments
Governor Dayton today vetoed a bill that would have prohibited labor unions from skimming dues or “fair share” fees from child care assistance payments paid to providers on behalf of low-income families. The bill was a legislative response to the governor’s executive order establishing an unconstitutional election to organize Minnesota’s independent home-based child care providers [...]
Bill to Prohibit Extraction of Union Dues from Childcare Assistance Payments Passed
The Minnesota Senate today passed a bill (HF 1766) that would prohibit the extraction of union dues from child care assistance payments made on behalf of low-income working families. The House passed an identical bill in February, so the bill will be forwarded to the governor’s office for his signature, or more likely, his veto. [...]
Dayton Should Let Go of Child-Care Union Plan
From the Star Tribune By Doug Seaton Gov. Mark Dayton should call it a day and not appeal after two courtroom defeats in his unseemly effort to foist unionization on the small-businesspeople who provide home-based child care in Minnesota. His supporters among the union movement, including the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees [...]
Judge Strikes Down Governor’s Executive Order to Unionize Home-Based Chidcare Providers
St. Paul – Judge Dale Lindman today struck down Governor Dayton’s executive order calling for a unionization election among independent, home-based childcare providers. A group of 11 childcare providers filed a lawsuit seeking to enjoin the order, claiming the election and potential involuntary payment of “fair share” fees to the unions violated their rights. The [...]
SEIU organizing tactics include intimidation and lying
From Big Government One of the biggest problems with the process known as card check (a major component in the union-backed and misleadingly-named Employee Free Choice Act) is that unions are legally allowed to mislead workers into signing their rights over to a union. Under various NLRB decisions that span decades, the federal agency that [...]
TRO Against Unionization Vote Kept After Hearing, Final Ruling Expected Soon
Judge Dale Lindman heard arguments on a motion for summary judgment brought by the plaintiffs in the childcare unionization suit on Wednesday. He hasn’t issued a final order, but has kept the temporary restraining order blocking the governor’s executive order in place. A final ruling on whether the governor can order a unionization vote among [...]
Bill to Prohibit Unions from Skimming Dues off Child Care Assistance Payments Up in Senate
On Monday, February 20th at 1:00, the Senate Health and Human Services Committee will hear HF1766, a bill that would prohibit the extraction of union dues (or “fair share” fees) from state Child Care Assistance Program payments meant to help low-income familes pay for childcare. The bill was brough forth by Rep. Kathy Lohmer in [...]
Judge Grants Request for Summary Judgment Hearing in Minnesota Childcare Unionization Case
Hearing converted and continued to February 22nd Childcare providers who sued Governor Dayton over his executive order calling for an election to unionize their industry have requested a summary judgment hearing. This week, Judge Dale Lindman granted their request which should help to streamline the process. As a result, the hearing originally scheduled for January [...]
January 17th Childcare Unionization Hearing Converted, Continued to February 22nd
Attorneys for the plaintiffs in the suit to enjoin Governor Dayton’s executive order calling for a unionization vote of Minnesota’s childcare providers have filed a motion for summary judgment to dispose of the case. Judge Lindman has agreed to merge the hearings for temporary injunction and summary judgment into one. The January 17th hearing has [...]