New! February 22, 2012: Ramsey County District Court Judge to rule within 90 days on suit challenging Governors authority to issue the Executive Order...click here
February 20, 2012: SF no. 1630 which prohibits the deduction of union dues or fees from CCAP passed in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee on Monday, February 20, 2012 and will be heard in the next committee shortly. February 9, 2012: The Minnesota House passed HF no 1766, a bill that prohibits unions from automatically deducting dues from state subsidy payments to child care providers on behalf of families participating in CCAP...click here January 30, 2012: Senator Ted Lillie and others introduce SF no. 1630. This is the companion bill to HF no.1766 prohibiting the deduction of union dues/fees from CCAP payments...click here On January 31, 2012: Health and Human Services passed HF no. 1766 with bi-partisan support. Next stop, the House floor...click here For video...click here January 24, 2012: committee hearing on HF no.1766 re: prohibiting deduction of union dues/fees from CCAP payments audio...click here (scroll to date) January 19, 2012: Child care providers file federal suit against child care unionization effort....click here January 19, 2012: Attorney Bill Messenger and child care provider Jennifer Parrish speak regarding federal lawsuit...click here January 19, 2012: GOP activist Harry Niska filed an amicus brief supporting the suit previously heard on December 5, 2011 in Ramsey County , on behalf of 13 customers also opposing the unionization...click here January 3, 2012: A motion for a summary judgment to dispose of the case has been filed. Judge Lindman has agreed to merge the hearings for temporary injunction and summary judgment into one. The hearing has been continued to Wednesday, February 22nd at the Ramsey County Court House. The temporary restraining order issued by Judge Lindman will hold until the rescheduled hearing... click here
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Welcome to our website! There are many groups working independently to oppose the unionization of Minnesota's licensed family child care providers. Our group, the Coalition of Family Child Care Providers, is comprised of licensed family child care providers.
After working individually for several years, we joined together for the purpose of educating child care providers, parents, community members, and our elected officials about the family child care unionization efforts of AFSCME and SEIU. In the beginning (six years ago), these unions shared very little information with providers; they still share very little information. Much of it was - and still is today - misleading or incorrect. We believe providers have the right to know exactly how child care unionization will affect them and their businesses and have worked hard to locate that information, document it, and make it public. Our coalition/group is fortunate to have free legal counsel from a nonprofit organization, the Nation Right to Work foundation, and it has filed a federal suit on behalf of child care providers on January 19, 2012. It's important for providers to know that this legal advice/counsel is free. These providers from our coalition are available to directly connect with you. Jennifer Parrish 507-261-8061 Heather Falk 218-879-7126 Addie Clyde 218-879-9473 Cyndi Cunningham 651-470-4857 Pat Gentz 952-985-5437 Jody Jakubik 763-784-5728 or you can email us at childcareunioninfo@gmail.com | ||
