Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 2/7/2006 12:35:00 PM Author: Roni (LtlRedHen3@aol.com) Subject: The "bootleg" unions fighting to represe... The "bootleg" unions fighting to represent Minnesota are AFSCME and SEIU. Tell folks in Illinois that they don't have to join a union. Well, no I guess they don't if they're lucky enough to live in an affluent enough area that they don't have to take subsidized kids. Because if they're not so lucky, the dues are deducted from their subsidy checks. Same in several other states, same as would happen if they succeed in unionizing Minnesota. And the way they're going about forming their union is just as unfair. What kind of union tells a legally blind provider that they can't leave the information for them to check out in their reader later, but I'll read it for you and you can sign up now. But then "forgets" to read them the part that this isn't just for more information only, but to give this union sole representation and to take an unspecified amount of dues from any monies owed her from any public or private entity. AFSCME. I've heard all kinds of false promises and misrepresentations and downright lies from both unions. Anyone is entitled to make an informed choice, I won't argue that point. But it has to be informed, and providers aren't getting full and acurate information. Name: Email: Subject

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