Day Care Unions

Shame on Governor Dayton. He has pushed home based day care centers into a corner. Eventually there will be a vote to unionize home based day care centers and the governor tried to put it to a vote, but a Ramsey County judge blocked the order until January 16. The problem is only subsidized day care center operators can vote. It would be like the teachers union having a vote on an issue and saying only the female teachers can vote, but the vote is going to affect all teachers.

The DCI is running a front page story on the subject and I called several local home based day care centers. I tried to be objective in my search, but could not find a single one that was in favor of unionizing. In fact the ones I talked to were most upset by the fact they did not have a vote.

If it's not broke don't fix it and I feel home based day care operators around here feel just that way. I know the governor is very pro-union, but take this one off the table. If there is a vote then all 11,000 home based day care centers should be voting-not just the 4,300 subsidized ones proposed to vote.