SCENE: MITCH Berg\u00a0is walking away from the Capitol building. \u00a0He runs into Avery LIBRELLE, who is dressed in a green AFSCME tshirt.<\/p>\n
LIBRELLE: \u00a0Well, that was a great session!<\/p>\n
BERG: The DFL’s union benefactors made out like bandits.<\/p>\n
LIBRELLE: \u00a0We sure did!<\/span><\/p>\n BERG: And with a two-chamber majority, you spent months working on gun grabs that’ll never affect crime, a bullying bill that’ll stop no bullying, a gay marriage bill that is a huge priority for a small part of maybe 2% of the population, and what? Half a day on a budget?<\/span><\/p>\n LIBRELLE: You’re just mad because you lost. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n BERG: No, I’m mad because you’re screwing up the state. \u00a0Three more yearsof \u00a0this and Minnesota will be a cold California. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n LIBRELLE: Sweet!<\/span><\/p>\n BERG: And the big daddy of them all – the Daycare Union Jamdown. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n LIBRELLE: What “jamdown?” \u00a0All we’re asking for is a chance to vote to organize. \u00a0It’s democracy! \u00a0 Don’t you conservatives like democracy?<\/span><\/p>\n BERG: \u00a0 \u00a0Don’t get cute. \u00a0This isn’t democracy – its democracy Mark Ritchie-style.\u00a0<\/span>The unions are packing the vote with unlicensed providers that the union knows will vote for them, many of whom haven’t worked in daycare or personal care in years.\u00a0Look – providers could already join unions. \u00a0Out of 11,000 licensed providers, less than 100 ever did. \u00a086% of licensed providers oppose the union. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n LIBRELLE: That’s a lot of numbers. \u00a0My head is spinning. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n BERG: Now – do you think the DFL, AFSCME and the SEIU wold have wasted a year or two of organizing, and five months of legislative arm-twisting, with several million a year in union dues and DFL money at stake, if they didn’t know they had enought\u00a0<\/span>ringers to jam the vote down? \u00a0Anyone who answers “no” probably also thinks Minnesota has the country’s best election system.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n LIBRELLE: But why shouldn’t daycare workers and PCAs have the right to organize for better pay and working conditions?<\/span><\/p>\n BERG: Organize against whom? \u00a0 To get better pay from whom?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n LIBRELLE: Management! \u00a0The bosses!<\/span><\/p>\n BERG: They’re their own bosses. \u00a0They manage their own businesses! \u00a0 Many of them went into the field because they wanted to be their own boss, be their own management. And they get paid from their clients – parents and patients.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n LIBRELLE: \u00a0Wait. Back up. \u00a0What’s this “their own boss” bit?<\/span><\/p>\n BERG: They’re independent businesspeople. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n LIBRELLE: (stares blankly)<\/span><\/p>\n BERG: They run their own business. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n LIBRELLE: (Stares; lips move, but no sound comes out)<\/span><\/p>\n BERG: They’re their own bosses. \u00a0They work for themselves. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n LIBRELLE: \u00a0But…everyone has a boss. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n BERG: They have clients. Parents. \u00a0 Patients. \u00a0Te people who pay them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n LIBRELLE: But…no. \u00a0Everyone has a boss!<\/span><\/p>\n BERG: Ummm…<\/span><\/p>\n LIBRELLE: EVERYONE HAS A BOSS!<\/span><\/p>\n BERG: Medic! \u00a0 I think I broke Avery…<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SCENE: MITCH Berg\u00a0is walking away from the Capitol building. \u00a0He runs into Avery LIBRELLE, who is dressed in a green AFSCME tshirt. LIBRELLE: \u00a0Well, that was a great session! BERG: The DFL’s union benefactors made out like bandits. LIBRELLE: \u00a0We sure did! 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