Kill It Dead

Representative Mary Franson, GOP from Alexandria, is making the first move toward repealing the forced unionization of childcare and homecare providers:

… Rep. Mary Franson (R-Alexandria), a former childcare provider, introduced legislation – known as the “Hands Off Child Care Act” – that would repeal the childcare unionization law of 2013.

“The vast majority of childcare providers do not want be forced into a union,” said Franson. “Given the high costs of childcare in Minnesota, this legislation will help alleviate costs that unionization would bring providers, moms, and dads.”

It’s worth noting that Minnesota already had some of the highest childcare costs in the United States – considerably higher than our other costs and standards of living, before the DFL, working at the behest of the SEIU and AFSCME, jammed down the unionize Asian of providers in the 2013 session.

“But wait!”, You might say, “the DFL controls the Senate, and Mark Dayton is still the governor!”

And you to be right. Mark Dayton doesn’t take a dump without his union benefactors’ okay.

But this bill will get votes on the record, assuming it gets out of committee. And that’s with the GOP majority in the house needs to do; get lots of damning votes to associate with lots of DFLers on these bread-and-butter issues.

5 thoughts on “Kill It Dead

  1. Yeah, yeah.

    I sometimes write posts using voice recognition on my phone.

    And sometimes it shows…

  2. Ya really got to hand it to them. Amass a billion dollar surplus through a $2 billion tax hike, unionize the nannies then demand the surplus be spent to help working moms pay those outrageous child care bills. Then, when GOP reps object, point out how much they love the war on women.

    It pains me to say it and as much as I disliked 60% of what he did, TPaw knew how to play ball with them, but I don’t think the MNGOP has enough smart politicians right now to beat your drug addled Governor and his troupe of flying monkeys.

  3. It would be really nice if someone would point out that union dues, subsidies for the middle class, and the like are not doing the poor any favors when they try to get affordable daycare.

  4. Mitch:

    Lets not forget that this is also being challenged in the courts. Home Care workers in another state won a ruling that implies they don’t have to be in the union and don’t have to pay dues.

    Walter Hanson
    Minneapolis, MN

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