In 2011, Governor Mark Dayton attempted to force unionization on self-employed, home-based childcare providers, unilaterally by executive order. That move was clearly illegal and the Childcare Freedom coalition successfully sued to halt the governor’s illegal usurpation of power.
The political situation has changed. After the 2012 election Minnesota voters installed the governor’s party as the majority in both the state House and Senate (not to mention control of every other executive office, such as attorney general and secretary of state).
It’s been decades since Minnesota experienced single-party control of our state government and the new majorities are eager to advance their agenda.
Involuntary unionization of certain independent industries has been on the DFL wish-list for a while and now they have their window.
Read the rest at ChildcareFreedom.org
Take Action:
Contact your legislators: Stop the forced unionization of childcare providers.
Related video:
Shining light on unionization effort (from the archives)
Here you are again, Mr. Hansmann. Thank God for what? For Governor Dayton forcing unions on businesses who don’t request them? What I’d like to know is why people are getting government subsidies to pay for their children’s daycare? If their jobs wage can’t be responsible to the cost of their child’s daycare service they should stay home and bond with their children and let dad provide. Responsible people handle things responsibly so they don’t have to waste their FREE TIME applying for government anything and if government Dayton wasn’t so wealthy the poverty level wouldn’t be increasing.