Posted on 12/02/2011 4:31:20 AM PST by WOBBLY BOB
The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration voted Thursday to file a "friend of the court" brief in support of a lawsuit seeking to stop an upcoming unionization election for in-home child care providers.
The vote was 6-1 along party lines, with Republicans in favor and the lone Democrat in attendance, Richard Cohen of St. Paul, opposed.
GOP senators argued that Gov. Mark Dayton, a Democrat, overstepped his legal authority in issuing an executive order for the election.
Filing an amicus brief does not make the Senate a party to the suit but offers support for the complaint submitted Monday in Ramsey County District Court by 11 child care providers seeking to void the governor's order.
Dayton ordered the election two weeks ago so providers could vote on whether to be represented by a union in "meet and confer" talks with the state.
The order allows in-home providers who participate in state-subsidized Child Care Assistance Programs to vote on whether to be represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, or AFSCME, or the Service Employees International Union, or SEIU, depending on where in the state the business is located.
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