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Democrats make last-minute push to unionize California child-care workers
Sacbee ^ | 9/7/2011 | Torey Van Oot

Posted on 09/07/2011 9:28:33 AM PDT by Selene

Democratic legislative leaders have launched a last-minute push to allow unions to organize child-care providers who work out of the home.

Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez and Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg have drafted legislation that would deliver a major victory to labor allies who have been fighting for years for the right to organize the more than 40,000 family child-care providers operating in California.

Assembly Bill 101, sponsored by the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees and the Service Employees International Union, would affect both licensed family child-care providers, who can care for children in their homes, and certain license-exempt providers, including grandparents, relatives and neighbors receiving state subsidies to care for one family.

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1 posted on 09/07/2011 9:28:36 AM PDT by Selene
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To: Selene

Next year Maxine Waters will complain that young black girls cant even get baby sitting jobs because of the racist TeaParty.


2 posted on 09/07/2011 9:30:47 AM PDT by NoLibZone (Democrats are violent. Prisons are overflowing with democrats convicted of violent crimes.)
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To: Selene

They did it in Michigan (and several other states) but the union lasted less than a year before we killed it.


3 posted on 09/07/2011 9:30:51 AM PDT by cripplecreek (A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a Permenant Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
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To: Selene

Priorities.


4 posted on 09/07/2011 9:35:32 AM PDT by pogo101
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To: Selene
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5 posted on 09/07/2011 9:37:54 AM PDT by pogo101
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To: Selene

Increible!!


6 posted on 09/07/2011 9:40:45 AM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud dad of an Army Soldier currently deployed in the Valley of Death, Afghanistan)
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To: NoLibZone

AND demand more gov’t assistance so women can pay for babysitters (who will be earning more NOW)


7 posted on 09/07/2011 9:50:24 AM PDT by SMARTY (A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers.)
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To: Selene; ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; stephenjohnbanker; DoughtyOne; calcowgirl; Gilbo_3; NFHale; ...
Day care workers?

I couldn't sleep one night and came across a liberal drama called ‘Bread and Roses’. In it LA janitor workers who were mostly recent (illegal??) immigrants from Mexico meet a union organizer who convinces them that they are not being treated good enough by their employer, compared to us apparently. The problem is that as janitorial workers they were not in a profession with a large demand, it was easy to find plenty of replacements for them if they made demands. So the union organizer showed them how to disrupt meetings, traffic, restaurants and basically cause those that give contracts to their company so much grief that they give into the demands. One of them didn't want to take a chance on getting arrested because he got a college scholarship, he was called a traitor for not joining the disruptions.

Welcome to America. This made me think of Amnesty and guest worker programs.

Bread and Roses is a 2000 drama film directed by Ken Loach, starring Adrien Brody. The plot deals with the struggle of poorly paid janitorial workers in Los Angeles and their fight for better working conditions and the right to unionize. It is based on the “Justice for Janitors” campaign of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).[1]
Bread and Roses (2000 film))

8 posted on 09/07/2011 9:56:23 AM PDT by sickoflibs (Over-taxed means 'paying too much in taxes', not zero taxes)
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To: Selene

Have to get more union dues to send to the Democrats.


9 posted on 09/07/2011 10:00:23 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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This is a back door way to raise tax revenue.... u r a babysitter taking cash from the neighbor... u hear about the union and al the new rights and higher wages.... u join, pay tons of dues and then get your income reported pay taxes and end up with less than you made before....


10 posted on 09/07/2011 10:08:02 AM PDT by Republic Rocker
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To: Selene
The key [high falutin] phrase that comes to mind here is a classic in murder mysteries as well as in politics; "cui bono" / who benefits? Is this an urgent need of the employing families or the employed babysitters? Is there a large public outcry due to some incident?

Lacking immediate needs or calls for action, who would benefit from this law passing? As Inspector Louie would say, "Round up the usual suspects!" Is it not wonderful that the State of California Legislators have nothing better to do than these kinds of increased regulatory burdens? It is not like they have any other pressing concerns, right? By the way, has the California Legislature passed that urgent bill to require all hotel beds to have fitted bottom sheets? I was really worried about that. /sarc

11 posted on 09/07/2011 10:26:10 AM PDT by SES1066 (1776 to 2011, 235 years and counting in the GRAND EXPERIMENT!)
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