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A group of Minnesota home-based child care providers have filed a federal lawsuit to halt an order forcing them to unionize.
Jennifer Parrish from Rochester filed the suit Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota with free legal assistance from the National Right to Work Foundation Legal Defense Foundation.
Gov. Mark Dayton's executive order would designate the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and Service Employees International Union officials as the collective bargaining and political representatives of thousands of providers in the state.
This action closely follows a similar lawsuit by home-based child care and personal care providers in Michigan. NRWLDF attorneys argue that such schemes violate the providers' First Amendment rights of freedom of speech, association, and petition of government guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. They claim that the government does not have the power to force citizens to accept the government's choice of union representation.
full: http://www.legalnewsline.com/news/234960-minn.-child-care-providers-file-suit-challenging-compulsory-unionization
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)But I don't necessarily agree with home-based child care providers having to be unionized. They should certainly be free to join, but a home based daycare is a different animal, IMO.
cheapdate
(3,811 posts)If the plaintiffs are indeed being forced by the government to become active, dues-paying members of a union, then my tentative reaction is to be opposed. If it's something less than that, i.e. the plaintiffs will somehow be represented by the union without actually being forced to become active, dues-paying members, then that's different.
Not enough factual, details are provided by the article. I support and appreciate labor unions.
WingDinger
(3,690 posts)or they were lobbied by large care providers. To unduly burden the small fry.
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)If parents want to take the child care credit, they have to report the tax id number of the provider. If the provider doesn't report the income, pretty good chance it will be flagged.