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: 2/19/2006 4:59:00 PM Author: Roni (LtlRedHen3@aol.com) Subject: Union education, part 2 Yes, I'm a licensed home provider, have been for almost 13 years. I don't suppose I'd be all up in arms over the topic if I wasn't. Yes, even knowing that the majority of providers have no use for a union, we still have to worry. When (not even if, I believe it's coming like it or not) the union vote takes place, most providers will throw the ballots away. They're not voting for the union, so why not? Problem is - only the ballots that are returned count. In Washington State, they sent out approximately 10,000 ballots. Only 4,000 were returned. Since it was mostly only the ones supporting a union that voted, the majority of that 4,000 were yes, and the union is in. If only two people bother to return ballots, but they're yest votes, they drag everyone else in with them. If SEIU has their way, they'll lump licensed providers in with unlicensed. Since they get even less subsidy pay than licensed providers, they're loving that the union is promising them more money. Over 50% of subsidy clients are cared for by unlicensed providers. There we go again, dragged into it, like it or not. Or it could go like Illinois, an executive order by the governor. Majority doesn't matter in that case. I believe that's what happened in Iowa too, but don't quote me on it. Name: Email: Subject

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