Child Care Union: In the News
March 1, 2016 American Experiment, News Alert, Child Care Providers Flatly Reject Unionization in Lopsided Vote
March 1, 2016, Star Tribune, Minnesota child-care providers reject union
March 1, 2016 Eyewitness news 5, Statements: Minn. Politicians weigh in on childcare providers' vote against unionizing
March 1, 2016, Pioneer Press, Minnesota's in-home childcare providers vote down union
February 29, 2016, Star Tribune, Credibility concerns cloud child care union vote
February 25, 2016 Pioneer Press Child care union law gets fresh challenge
February 24, 2016 Pioneer Press Kim Crockett - A union organizing campaign that doesn't add up
February 21, 2016 Duluth News Tribune - Child care providers hope to vote against union like Vermont
February 1, 2016 Osakis Review Franson reacts to union election for child care providers
July 1, 2014 Star Tribune Supreme Court union dues ruling may upend Minnesota workers' fight
June 30, 2014 Watchdog.org MN childcare providers declare victory with Harris V.Quinn ruling
June 30, 2014 Star Tribune Opponent of MN union push hail ruling on required dues; labor intends to fight on
June 30, 2014 Associated Press Court: Public Union can't make nonmembers pay fees
June 30, 2014 KTTC Supreme Court blocks fair share union dues for nonmembers
June 30, 2013 KSTP Supreme court Decision Could Doom Home Day Care Unionization in Minn
June 30, 2014 Star Tribune Republicans cheer, Democrats blast Supreme Court unionization decision
June 30, 2014 Star Tribune Supreme Court says public section union of home care workers can't force nonmembers to pay fees
June 30, 2014 Pioneer Press Minnesota home care union law suddenly on uncertain ground
June 30, 2014 MPR Anti-union MN child care workers bouyed by Supreme Court ruling
June 21, 2014 Washington Examiner Voters should dismiss governors behind child care worker union schemes
June 19, 2014 The Mark UP Turning Private Workers into Public Employees
June 18, 2014 Washington Examiner Only a quarter of Illinois home day care providers backed unionization
June 5, 2014 WCAX.com Shumlin signs home child care unionization bill
May 17, 2014 Star Tribune Minnesota Women Mark Small Business Week in Federal Court of Appeals
May 15, 2014 Watchdog.org Child care businesses challenge union drive in federal appeal
January 21, 2013 Post Bulletin Rochester Activist looks to US Supreme Court to block childcare unionization
January 10, 2013 Pioneer Press AFSCME filing suggest taxpayer money went to organizing, union blames bookkeeping error
January 8,2014 FOX NEWS AFSCME reports using thousands in taxpayer money to organize unions
January 8, 2014 Watchdog.org AFSCME reports using thousands in taxpayer money to organize unions
November 22, 2013 Watchdog.org Minnesotans question taxpayer funding for union affiliate's seminars
October 29, 2013 Star Tribune Taxpayers to pay $60K in legal fees for failed child-care unionization effort
October 29, 2013 Pioneer Press Minnesota pays $60,000 in attorney fees over day care unionization lawsuit
October 24, 2013 Star Tribune On the docket but under the radar--for now
October 16, 2013 Star Tribune Order blocking Minnesota child care union law stays in effect
October 11, 2013 Mackinac Center Courage, Conviction Help Take Down Forced Unionization Schemes
October 10, 2013 Freedom Foundation Childcare union lashes out following legal setback
October 8, 2013 The Examiner Democratic child care providers speak out
October 4, 2013 Watchdog,org Supreme Court could raise stakes in MN child care union case
October 3, 2013 Duluth News Tribune AFSCME asks federal court to allow Minnesota child-care union vote
October 2, 2013 KTTC Illinois case has bearing on Minn. child care union battle
October 1, 2013 Star Tribune US Supreme Court to hear cass involving care-workers unions
September 30, 2012 Star Tribune Editorial on child-care union was wrong
September 27, 2013 Post Bulletin Rochester daycare provider leads fight against unionization
September 25,2013 Star Tribune Dayton compares child care impasse to Obamacare fight
September 23, 2013 Star Tribune In Minnesota, an alarming pitch for day care unions
September 19, 2013 National Right to Work Federal Appeals Court Rules to Halt Implementation of MN Childcare Unionization Scheme
September 19, 2013 Star Tribune Federal Appeals Court blocks MN childcare union law
September 16, 2013 Star Tribune Minnesota's child-care union debate hitting home
September 3, 2013 Owatanna People Press Owatannans discuss possible child care union
September 2, 2013 Star Tribune Minnesota unions have too much power
August 27, 2013 Pioneer Press Minnesota Judge declines to halt child care union drive
August 26, 2013 Herald Journal Area child care provider hope union efforts don't pass
August 7, 2013 National Right to Work Minnesota child care providers appeal Federal lawsuit challenging forced unionization scheme
August 6, 2013 MPR Minn. child care union drive opponents appeal case
August 6, 2013 Northfield News Childcare act is about forced dues as employment condition
August 6, 2013 Post Bulletin Minn. child care union drive opponents appeal case
August 2, 2013 Northfield News New law gives childcare providers say in joining a union
July 29, 2013 Pioneer Press Minnesota child care union fight expected to continue
July 29, 2013 Star Tribune Minnesota's child-care union fight is heating up
July 29, 2013 KARE-TV Court refuses to halt Minn. Union drive
July 29, 2013 KAAL-TV Judge Allows Daycare Union Push to Proceed
July 28, 2013 KSTP-TV Link to Judge's ruling
July 28, 2013 Pioneer Press Minnesota drive to unionize day care providers can continue, judge says
July 26, 2013 Pine Journal Judge Considers Childcare Provider Unionization Arguements
July 23, 2013 Northfield News Democrat's big, fat lie on forcing unionization
July 20, 2013 Pioneer Press Minnesota: Union drive for day-care owners still a bad idea
July 22, 2013 Echo Press Franson issues statement on childcare unionization lawsuit
July 19, 2013 Star Tribune Minnesota's child care union battles moves into federal court
July 18, 2013 MPR Judge considers challenge to day care union law
July 18, 2013 Star Tribune Judge hears dispute over childcare union election
July 18, 2013 MPR Dayton chides "extremists" in daycare union suit
June 17, 2013 Washington Times Home Invasion by Big Labor
July 17, 2013 KSTP Minn. Child Care Unionzation to be challenged in court Thursday
July 22, 2013 Owantana's People's Press Lawmakers agree...disagress on child care unionization
July 4, 2013 SCTimes Writers Group: Union law offers no benefits
July 2, 2013 MPR DFL control drove big union wins in legislature
June 21, 2013 Star Tribune Minnesota Poll finds day care union bill unpopular in state
June 6, 2013 Post Bulletin Local child care providers sue to block unionization
June 5, 2013 National Right to Work Minnesota Childcare Providers file Federal lawsuit over forced unionization scheme
June 4, 2013 Northfield News Garofalo: Families will pay more thanks to union payback
June 5, 2013 KSTP 2nd Lawsuit filed over Minnesota Child Care Union Law
June 5, 2013 Star Tribune New challenge to child care union vote
June 2, 2013 ValleyNews Live Minnesota Child Care Providers Fight Unionization
May 29, 2013 Pioneer Press Legal challenge of union worth doing
May 29, 2013 KAALtv Legal battle over day care law could drag on for years
May 29, 2013 MPR Minn child care union fight shifts to court
May 29, 2013 Daily Globe Child care providers challenging new state law in federal court
May 29, 2013 Star Tribune Anti-union child care providers sue to block union
May 28, 2013 Fergus Falls Journal FF daycare providers say union unnecessary
May 28, 2013 MinnPost Gov. Dayton signs bill authorizing day care union vote; opponents file court challenge
May 26, 2013 WDAY Some Minn day care providers oppose idea of union
May 24, 2013 Brainerd Dispatch Child Care Unions
May 24, 2013 The Washington Times A union of one
May 24, 2013 Pine Journal Local childcare providers vow to continue fight against union
May 24, 2013 WJON AM 1240 Child Care union faces strong opposition
May 22, 2013 KSTP Opponents warn unionization could keep MN kids out of some day cares
May 22, 2013 MinnPost Unions are improving child care elsewhere and will here too
May 21, 2013 Fox 9 Day care union: Providers Debate
May 21, 2013 WCCO Legislature gives green light to unionizing day cares
May 20, 2013 Fox 9 news Day care union bill passes MN House 68-66
May 20, 2013 Star Tribune Minnesota unions win big victory at Capitol
May 20, 2013 Monticello Times Child Care, Personal care union bill approved in house and senate
May 21, 2013 Watchdog From State Capitol to court MN child care unionization bill
May 19, 2013 Pioneer Press Minnesota House: Union bill draws protesters; supporters, marathon debate takes a break
May 19, 2013 Fox 9 Unionization bill draws heated crowd
May 19, 2013 Star Tribune Union Showdown takes center stage
May 18, 2013 St Cloud Times Local Care providers take sides on unionization bill
May 18, 2013 Mendota Heights Patch Raw Deal
May 18, 2013 Sauk Center Herald Into the darkness of the night
May 18, 2013 KAAL Daycare Providers Protest as MN legislatures brace for long debate
May 18, 2013 Duluth Tribune Loud union dispute joins Minnesota legislative budget debate
May 18, 2013 Pioneer Press Minnesota House digs in for long debate on daycare union bill
May 18, 2013 KSTP Parents Express Concerns about daycare costs
May 17, 2013 Sauk Center Herald AFSCME organizers targeting child care business for harassment
May 17, 2013 Star Tribune Pressure building on Saturday's expected unionization vote
May 16, 2013 MPR No certainty on daycare union dues
May 16, 2013 KAAL-TV Parents express concerns about daycare unionization cost
May 15, 2013 Pioneer Press Minnesota Senate Ok's union for child care workers
May 15, 2013 Star Tribune Record Debate yield victory for care workers unionization
May 15, 2013 Star Tribune DFL overreaches on day care unionization
May 15, 2013 Star Tribune All night battle shows power of unionization issue
May 15, 2013 Star Tribune Minn. Senate marathon: Child-care unions bill passes after 17-hour debate over 2 days
May 15, 2013 Bemidji Pioneer Marathon Senate session OKs child care union
May 15, 2013 Pioneer Press Senate passes child-care unionization bill after 17 hours of debate
May 15, 2013 CBS local MN Senate Passes Day Care Unionization Bill
May 15, 2013 KAAL-TV Careworkers unionization passes Senate
May 14, 2013 Echo Press Franson: Bill to unionize child care providers is political power grab
May 14, 2013 WCCO A Protest Against Unionizing Day Cares in Minn
May 14, 2013 Star Tribune Childcare unionization up for showdown vote
May 13, 2013 Echo Press Ingebrigtsen: Childcare union gets re-vote
May 12, 2013 Pioneer Press Let the clock run out on day care union idea
May 9, 2013 Freedom Foundation Union power grab enters overdrive
May 9, 2013 Patch Katy Lohmer: Unionizing Childcare Providers is Simply Wrong
May 8, 2013 Patch Rep. Sarah Anderson: Childcare Directs Precious Dollars to Union Dues
May 8, 2013 MN Politics Unionization bill clears Senate on second try
May 6, 2013 MPR State Senate panel hands union bill an unexpected defeat
May 6, 2013 Star Tribune In-home care worker bill stalls on a tie vote in Senate
May 6, 2013 Pioneer Press, Minnesota Senate: Caregiver union drive efforts stall on tie vote
May 2, 2013 MPR Some Minn. daycare providers wary of union proposal
May 2, 2013 MPR Unionization bill heads to MN House floor
April 27, 2013 Star Tribune Minnesota lawmakers should reject daycare union
April 25, 2013 Twin Cities Daily Planet Bill advances for collective bargaining for home care workers, child care providers
April 23, 2013 Echo Press Franson reacts to court's decision on child care unionization case
April 23,2013 The Republic Labor, in trouble elsewhere seeing big gains with Minn Dems in power
April 18, 2013 Twin Cities Daily Planet New Legislation would give home child care providers option to unionize, but will union dues be passed onto working parents?
April 12, 2013 Post Bulletin Two unionization efforts should not be linked
April 10, 2013 Post Bulletin Lots of Losers, very few winners with childcare union
April 5, 2013 Post Bulletin Controversial child care unions up for debate again in MN
April 5, 2013 Post Bulletin Childcare union would force providers to make tough choices
April 5, 2013 Echo Press Letter: Imposing a union will raise costs
April 3, 2013 Politics in Minnesota DFLers remain divided on some of 2013 sessions most visible issues
March 29, 2013 Post Bulletin Unionization plan is bad for kids and childcare providers
March 29, 2013 MPR Unionization bill faces rocky road at capitol
March 25, 2013 Plymouth Patch Plymouth State Rep on MN budget...and Daycare unions
March 24,2013 Patch Legislative update Lohmer
March 22, 2013 KARE TV Lawmakers ponder letting care workers unionize
March 21, 2013 Star Tribune Unionization
March 21, 2013 CBS Daycare workers rally for chance to vote on union
March 21, 2013 Savage Pacer Letter: No Unions needed for family day cares
March 18, 2013 Patch State Rep on....daycare unionization
March 18, 2013, Echo Press Westrom: Bills heart to union daycare...
March 20, 2013 National On-line Review Union vs. Self -Employed Daycare Providers
March 13, 2013 Hutchinson Leader: Will child care providers unionize?
March 12, 2013 Marshall Independent Day care providers express union concerns
March 12, 2013 Duluth Tribune Minnesota care providers split on union question
March 11, 2013 Star Tribune Debate Resumes Over Child Care Worker Union
March 11, 2013 Daily Globe Proposed union membership for care providers fails to generate agreement
March 11, 2013 Osakis Review Update from State Rep. Paul Anderson
March 10, 2013 Sauk Herald AFSCME renews push to organize private day care businesses.
March 10, 2013 Lakeville Patch Mary Liz Holberg: Unionizing Child Care Providers Resonates with Voters
March 10, 2013 Stillwater Patch, Legislative Update Dettmer on unionizing child care providers
March 7, 2013 Early Childhood Committee hearing clips on youtube
March 6, 2013 True North Child Care Unionization Will Hurt Working Families and Small Businesses
March 6, 2013 Education Liberty Watch Childcare Unionization Will Hurt Both Working Families and Small Businesses.
March 5, 2013 Star Tribune Organized labor agenda gains steams with turn in MN Capitol politics
March 4, 2013 Watchdog.org AFSCME Official Switches Sides in Child Care Union Drive
March 4, 2013 Pioneer Press Minnesota Senate Panel seeks more time to consider care-provider bill
February 26, 2013 Pioneer Press Minnesota Legislature: Bill seeks to allow child care workers union vote
February 26, 2013 Northland News Center Minn in Home Day Care Centers May Be Joining the Union
February 25, 2013 Minneapolis Star Tribune Battle Resumes Over Unionizing Minnesota's In Home Daycares
February 25, 2013 Star Tribune Child care union fight is back on
February 25, 2013 Watchdog.org Union Renews Push to Organize Child Care Providers
February 25, 2013, KSTP ABC Two Lawmakers Introduce Child Care Unionization Bill
February 25, 2013 WCCO CBS DFL Lawmakers Revive Child Care Unionization
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2013/02/25/dfl-lawmakers-revive-child-care-unionization/
December 11, 2012 Pioneer Press Child care union: unwelcomed and unneeded
June 5, 2012: Minneapolis Star Tribune Dayton Will Not Appeal Decision Negating Child Care Unionization Vote
http://www.startribune.com/politics/blogs/157295815.html
May 14, 2012: Freedom Foundation Minnesota's Federal Lawsuit Aims to Stop Child Care Unionization Nationwide
http://freedomfoundationofminnesota.com/minnesotans-federal-lawsuit-aims-to-stop-child-care-unionization-efforts-nationwide
April 6, 2012: Star Tribune Governor Dayton's Child Care Unionization Order is Nullified
http://www.startribune.com/politics/blogs/146446085.html?source=error
November 15, 2011: WCCO TV Dayton Orders Union Vote by Child Care Providers
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2011/11/15/dayton-orders-union-vote-by-child-care-providers/
September 7, 2011: Minneapolis Star Tribune Effort to Unionize Child Care Providers Flies under the Radar
http://www.startribune.com/local/yourvoices/129413913.html
June 13, 2011: Home Daycare Providers Organize Against Statewide Unionization Campaign
http://freedomfoundationofminnesota.com/home-daycare-providers-organize-against-statewide-unionization-campaign
Vermont
February 7, 2012: VT Digger Cambell Says Union Tactics Go Too Far
http://vtdigger.org/2012/02/07/campbell-says-union-tactics-go-too-far/
February 23, 2012: Union Intimidation Tactics Continue
http://truenorthreports.com/union-intimidation-tactics-continue
February 23, 2012: Stowe Reporter Child Care Union Bill is Raising Concerns
http://www.stowetoday.com/stowe_reporter/news/article_d591d562-5f55-11e1-a400-0019bb2963f4.html
March 1, 2016, Star Tribune, Minnesota child-care providers reject union
March 1, 2016 Eyewitness news 5, Statements: Minn. Politicians weigh in on childcare providers' vote against unionizing
March 1, 2016, Pioneer Press, Minnesota's in-home childcare providers vote down union
February 29, 2016, Star Tribune, Credibility concerns cloud child care union vote
February 25, 2016 Pioneer Press Child care union law gets fresh challenge
February 24, 2016 Pioneer Press Kim Crockett - A union organizing campaign that doesn't add up
February 21, 2016 Duluth News Tribune - Child care providers hope to vote against union like Vermont
February 1, 2016 Osakis Review Franson reacts to union election for child care providers
July 1, 2014 Star Tribune Supreme Court union dues ruling may upend Minnesota workers' fight
June 30, 2014 Watchdog.org MN childcare providers declare victory with Harris V.Quinn ruling
June 30, 2014 Star Tribune Opponent of MN union push hail ruling on required dues; labor intends to fight on
June 30, 2014 Associated Press Court: Public Union can't make nonmembers pay fees
June 30, 2014 KTTC Supreme Court blocks fair share union dues for nonmembers
June 30, 2013 KSTP Supreme court Decision Could Doom Home Day Care Unionization in Minn
June 30, 2014 Star Tribune Republicans cheer, Democrats blast Supreme Court unionization decision
June 30, 2014 Star Tribune Supreme Court says public section union of home care workers can't force nonmembers to pay fees
June 30, 2014 Pioneer Press Minnesota home care union law suddenly on uncertain ground
June 30, 2014 MPR Anti-union MN child care workers bouyed by Supreme Court ruling
June 21, 2014 Washington Examiner Voters should dismiss governors behind child care worker union schemes
June 19, 2014 The Mark UP Turning Private Workers into Public Employees
June 18, 2014 Washington Examiner Only a quarter of Illinois home day care providers backed unionization
June 5, 2014 WCAX.com Shumlin signs home child care unionization bill
May 17, 2014 Star Tribune Minnesota Women Mark Small Business Week in Federal Court of Appeals
May 15, 2014 Watchdog.org Child care businesses challenge union drive in federal appeal
January 21, 2013 Post Bulletin Rochester Activist looks to US Supreme Court to block childcare unionization
January 10, 2013 Pioneer Press AFSCME filing suggest taxpayer money went to organizing, union blames bookkeeping error
January 8,2014 FOX NEWS AFSCME reports using thousands in taxpayer money to organize unions
January 8, 2014 Watchdog.org AFSCME reports using thousands in taxpayer money to organize unions
November 22, 2013 Watchdog.org Minnesotans question taxpayer funding for union affiliate's seminars
October 29, 2013 Star Tribune Taxpayers to pay $60K in legal fees for failed child-care unionization effort
October 29, 2013 Pioneer Press Minnesota pays $60,000 in attorney fees over day care unionization lawsuit
October 24, 2013 Star Tribune On the docket but under the radar--for now
October 16, 2013 Star Tribune Order blocking Minnesota child care union law stays in effect
October 11, 2013 Mackinac Center Courage, Conviction Help Take Down Forced Unionization Schemes
October 10, 2013 Freedom Foundation Childcare union lashes out following legal setback
October 8, 2013 The Examiner Democratic child care providers speak out
October 4, 2013 Watchdog,org Supreme Court could raise stakes in MN child care union case
October 3, 2013 Duluth News Tribune AFSCME asks federal court to allow Minnesota child-care union vote
October 2, 2013 KTTC Illinois case has bearing on Minn. child care union battle
October 1, 2013 Star Tribune US Supreme Court to hear cass involving care-workers unions
September 30, 2012 Star Tribune Editorial on child-care union was wrong
September 27, 2013 Post Bulletin Rochester daycare provider leads fight against unionization
September 25,2013 Star Tribune Dayton compares child care impasse to Obamacare fight
September 23, 2013 Star Tribune In Minnesota, an alarming pitch for day care unions
September 19, 2013 National Right to Work Federal Appeals Court Rules to Halt Implementation of MN Childcare Unionization Scheme
September 19, 2013 Star Tribune Federal Appeals Court blocks MN childcare union law
September 16, 2013 Star Tribune Minnesota's child-care union debate hitting home
September 3, 2013 Owatanna People Press Owatannans discuss possible child care union
September 2, 2013 Star Tribune Minnesota unions have too much power
August 27, 2013 Pioneer Press Minnesota Judge declines to halt child care union drive
August 26, 2013 Herald Journal Area child care provider hope union efforts don't pass
August 7, 2013 National Right to Work Minnesota child care providers appeal Federal lawsuit challenging forced unionization scheme
August 6, 2013 MPR Minn. child care union drive opponents appeal case
August 6, 2013 Northfield News Childcare act is about forced dues as employment condition
August 6, 2013 Post Bulletin Minn. child care union drive opponents appeal case
August 2, 2013 Northfield News New law gives childcare providers say in joining a union
July 29, 2013 Pioneer Press Minnesota child care union fight expected to continue
July 29, 2013 Star Tribune Minnesota's child-care union fight is heating up
July 29, 2013 KARE-TV Court refuses to halt Minn. Union drive
July 29, 2013 KAAL-TV Judge Allows Daycare Union Push to Proceed
July 28, 2013 KSTP-TV Link to Judge's ruling
July 28, 2013 Pioneer Press Minnesota drive to unionize day care providers can continue, judge says
July 26, 2013 Pine Journal Judge Considers Childcare Provider Unionization Arguements
July 23, 2013 Northfield News Democrat's big, fat lie on forcing unionization
July 20, 2013 Pioneer Press Minnesota: Union drive for day-care owners still a bad idea
July 22, 2013 Echo Press Franson issues statement on childcare unionization lawsuit
July 19, 2013 Star Tribune Minnesota's child care union battles moves into federal court
July 18, 2013 MPR Judge considers challenge to day care union law
July 18, 2013 Star Tribune Judge hears dispute over childcare union election
July 18, 2013 MPR Dayton chides "extremists" in daycare union suit
June 17, 2013 Washington Times Home Invasion by Big Labor
July 17, 2013 KSTP Minn. Child Care Unionzation to be challenged in court Thursday
July 22, 2013 Owantana's People's Press Lawmakers agree...disagress on child care unionization
July 4, 2013 SCTimes Writers Group: Union law offers no benefits
July 2, 2013 MPR DFL control drove big union wins in legislature
June 21, 2013 Star Tribune Minnesota Poll finds day care union bill unpopular in state
June 6, 2013 Post Bulletin Local child care providers sue to block unionization
June 5, 2013 National Right to Work Minnesota Childcare Providers file Federal lawsuit over forced unionization scheme
June 4, 2013 Northfield News Garofalo: Families will pay more thanks to union payback
June 5, 2013 KSTP 2nd Lawsuit filed over Minnesota Child Care Union Law
June 5, 2013 Star Tribune New challenge to child care union vote
June 2, 2013 ValleyNews Live Minnesota Child Care Providers Fight Unionization
May 29, 2013 Pioneer Press Legal challenge of union worth doing
May 29, 2013 KAALtv Legal battle over day care law could drag on for years
May 29, 2013 MPR Minn child care union fight shifts to court
May 29, 2013 Daily Globe Child care providers challenging new state law in federal court
May 29, 2013 Star Tribune Anti-union child care providers sue to block union
May 28, 2013 Fergus Falls Journal FF daycare providers say union unnecessary
May 28, 2013 MinnPost Gov. Dayton signs bill authorizing day care union vote; opponents file court challenge
May 26, 2013 WDAY Some Minn day care providers oppose idea of union
May 24, 2013 Brainerd Dispatch Child Care Unions
May 24, 2013 The Washington Times A union of one
May 24, 2013 Pine Journal Local childcare providers vow to continue fight against union
May 24, 2013 WJON AM 1240 Child Care union faces strong opposition
May 22, 2013 KSTP Opponents warn unionization could keep MN kids out of some day cares
May 22, 2013 MinnPost Unions are improving child care elsewhere and will here too
May 21, 2013 Fox 9 Day care union: Providers Debate
May 21, 2013 WCCO Legislature gives green light to unionizing day cares
May 20, 2013 Fox 9 news Day care union bill passes MN House 68-66
May 20, 2013 Star Tribune Minnesota unions win big victory at Capitol
May 20, 2013 Monticello Times Child Care, Personal care union bill approved in house and senate
May 21, 2013 Watchdog From State Capitol to court MN child care unionization bill
May 19, 2013 Pioneer Press Minnesota House: Union bill draws protesters; supporters, marathon debate takes a break
May 19, 2013 Fox 9 Unionization bill draws heated crowd
May 19, 2013 Star Tribune Union Showdown takes center stage
May 18, 2013 St Cloud Times Local Care providers take sides on unionization bill
May 18, 2013 Mendota Heights Patch Raw Deal
May 18, 2013 Sauk Center Herald Into the darkness of the night
May 18, 2013 KAAL Daycare Providers Protest as MN legislatures brace for long debate
May 18, 2013 Duluth Tribune Loud union dispute joins Minnesota legislative budget debate
May 18, 2013 Pioneer Press Minnesota House digs in for long debate on daycare union bill
May 18, 2013 KSTP Parents Express Concerns about daycare costs
May 17, 2013 Sauk Center Herald AFSCME organizers targeting child care business for harassment
May 17, 2013 Star Tribune Pressure building on Saturday's expected unionization vote
May 16, 2013 MPR No certainty on daycare union dues
May 16, 2013 KAAL-TV Parents express concerns about daycare unionization cost
May 15, 2013 Pioneer Press Minnesota Senate Ok's union for child care workers
May 15, 2013 Star Tribune Record Debate yield victory for care workers unionization
May 15, 2013 Star Tribune DFL overreaches on day care unionization
May 15, 2013 Star Tribune All night battle shows power of unionization issue
May 15, 2013 Star Tribune Minn. Senate marathon: Child-care unions bill passes after 17-hour debate over 2 days
May 15, 2013 Bemidji Pioneer Marathon Senate session OKs child care union
May 15, 2013 Pioneer Press Senate passes child-care unionization bill after 17 hours of debate
May 15, 2013 CBS local MN Senate Passes Day Care Unionization Bill
May 15, 2013 KAAL-TV Careworkers unionization passes Senate
May 14, 2013 Echo Press Franson: Bill to unionize child care providers is political power grab
May 14, 2013 WCCO A Protest Against Unionizing Day Cares in Minn
May 14, 2013 Star Tribune Childcare unionization up for showdown vote
May 13, 2013 Echo Press Ingebrigtsen: Childcare union gets re-vote
May 12, 2013 Pioneer Press Let the clock run out on day care union idea
May 9, 2013 Freedom Foundation Union power grab enters overdrive
May 9, 2013 Patch Katy Lohmer: Unionizing Childcare Providers is Simply Wrong
May 8, 2013 Patch Rep. Sarah Anderson: Childcare Directs Precious Dollars to Union Dues
May 8, 2013 MN Politics Unionization bill clears Senate on second try
May 6, 2013 MPR State Senate panel hands union bill an unexpected defeat
May 6, 2013 Star Tribune In-home care worker bill stalls on a tie vote in Senate
May 6, 2013 Pioneer Press, Minnesota Senate: Caregiver union drive efforts stall on tie vote
May 2, 2013 MPR Some Minn. daycare providers wary of union proposal
May 2, 2013 MPR Unionization bill heads to MN House floor
April 27, 2013 Star Tribune Minnesota lawmakers should reject daycare union
April 25, 2013 Twin Cities Daily Planet Bill advances for collective bargaining for home care workers, child care providers
April 23, 2013 Echo Press Franson reacts to court's decision on child care unionization case
April 23,2013 The Republic Labor, in trouble elsewhere seeing big gains with Minn Dems in power
April 18, 2013 Twin Cities Daily Planet New Legislation would give home child care providers option to unionize, but will union dues be passed onto working parents?
April 12, 2013 Post Bulletin Two unionization efforts should not be linked
April 10, 2013 Post Bulletin Lots of Losers, very few winners with childcare union
April 5, 2013 Post Bulletin Controversial child care unions up for debate again in MN
April 5, 2013 Post Bulletin Childcare union would force providers to make tough choices
April 5, 2013 Echo Press Letter: Imposing a union will raise costs
April 3, 2013 Politics in Minnesota DFLers remain divided on some of 2013 sessions most visible issues
March 29, 2013 Post Bulletin Unionization plan is bad for kids and childcare providers
March 29, 2013 MPR Unionization bill faces rocky road at capitol
March 25, 2013 Plymouth Patch Plymouth State Rep on MN budget...and Daycare unions
March 24,2013 Patch Legislative update Lohmer
March 22, 2013 KARE TV Lawmakers ponder letting care workers unionize
March 21, 2013 Star Tribune Unionization
March 21, 2013 CBS Daycare workers rally for chance to vote on union
March 21, 2013 Savage Pacer Letter: No Unions needed for family day cares
March 18, 2013 Patch State Rep on....daycare unionization
March 18, 2013, Echo Press Westrom: Bills heart to union daycare...
March 20, 2013 National On-line Review Union vs. Self -Employed Daycare Providers
March 13, 2013 Hutchinson Leader: Will child care providers unionize?
March 12, 2013 Marshall Independent Day care providers express union concerns
March 12, 2013 Duluth Tribune Minnesota care providers split on union question
March 11, 2013 Star Tribune Debate Resumes Over Child Care Worker Union
March 11, 2013 Daily Globe Proposed union membership for care providers fails to generate agreement
March 11, 2013 Osakis Review Update from State Rep. Paul Anderson
March 10, 2013 Sauk Herald AFSCME renews push to organize private day care businesses.
March 10, 2013 Lakeville Patch Mary Liz Holberg: Unionizing Child Care Providers Resonates with Voters
March 10, 2013 Stillwater Patch, Legislative Update Dettmer on unionizing child care providers
March 7, 2013 Early Childhood Committee hearing clips on youtube
March 6, 2013 True North Child Care Unionization Will Hurt Working Families and Small Businesses
March 6, 2013 Education Liberty Watch Childcare Unionization Will Hurt Both Working Families and Small Businesses.
March 5, 2013 Star Tribune Organized labor agenda gains steams with turn in MN Capitol politics
March 4, 2013 Watchdog.org AFSCME Official Switches Sides in Child Care Union Drive
March 4, 2013 Pioneer Press Minnesota Senate Panel seeks more time to consider care-provider bill
February 26, 2013 Pioneer Press Minnesota Legislature: Bill seeks to allow child care workers union vote
February 26, 2013 Northland News Center Minn in Home Day Care Centers May Be Joining the Union
February 25, 2013 Minneapolis Star Tribune Battle Resumes Over Unionizing Minnesota's In Home Daycares
February 25, 2013 Star Tribune Child care union fight is back on
February 25, 2013 Watchdog.org Union Renews Push to Organize Child Care Providers
February 25, 2013, KSTP ABC Two Lawmakers Introduce Child Care Unionization Bill
February 25, 2013 WCCO CBS DFL Lawmakers Revive Child Care Unionization
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2013/02/25/dfl-lawmakers-revive-child-care-unionization/
December 11, 2012 Pioneer Press Child care union: unwelcomed and unneeded
June 5, 2012: Minneapolis Star Tribune Dayton Will Not Appeal Decision Negating Child Care Unionization Vote
http://www.startribune.com/politics/blogs/157295815.html
May 14, 2012: Freedom Foundation Minnesota's Federal Lawsuit Aims to Stop Child Care Unionization Nationwide
http://freedomfoundationofminnesota.com/minnesotans-federal-lawsuit-aims-to-stop-child-care-unionization-efforts-nationwide
April 6, 2012: Star Tribune Governor Dayton's Child Care Unionization Order is Nullified
http://www.startribune.com/politics/blogs/146446085.html?source=error
November 15, 2011: WCCO TV Dayton Orders Union Vote by Child Care Providers
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2011/11/15/dayton-orders-union-vote-by-child-care-providers/
September 7, 2011: Minneapolis Star Tribune Effort to Unionize Child Care Providers Flies under the Radar
http://www.startribune.com/local/yourvoices/129413913.html
June 13, 2011: Home Daycare Providers Organize Against Statewide Unionization Campaign
http://freedomfoundationofminnesota.com/home-daycare-providers-organize-against-statewide-unionization-campaign
Vermont
February 7, 2012: VT Digger Cambell Says Union Tactics Go Too Far
http://vtdigger.org/2012/02/07/campbell-says-union-tactics-go-too-far/
February 23, 2012: Union Intimidation Tactics Continue
http://truenorthreports.com/union-intimidation-tactics-continue
February 23, 2012: Stowe Reporter Child Care Union Bill is Raising Concerns
http://www.stowetoday.com/stowe_reporter/news/article_d591d562-5f55-11e1-a400-0019bb2963f4.html
