Nelson, Eaton will carry personal care assistant unionization bill
Rep. Michael Nelson, DFL-Brooklyn Park, and Sen. Chris Eaton, DFL-Brooklyn Center, will carry legislation that would allow thousands of home-care workers to seek union representation.
View ArticleDaycare unionization passes House Gov Ops
Over strenuous objections from Republicans, the House Government Operations Committee passed a bill that would allow daycare workers and personal care assistants (PCAs) to unionize. The priority for...
View ArticleAnother year, another pension problem
The omnibus pension bill that’s beginning its path through the Legislature puts the state’s ailing pension funds for police and firefighters back on the path to solvency.
View ArticleHouse adds $139,000 to replace Sunset Advisory Commission funding
The House's state government and veteran's affairs finance bill eliminates funding for the Sunset Advisory Commission. That body was created in 2011 to scrutinize whether government agencies continue...
View ArticleConference committees on key finance bills take shape
With most major finance bills clearing the House and Senate floors, attention will now turn towards conference committees this week. Conferees on several bills have already been appointed by...
View ArticleDay care, PCA unions bill meets resistance
No bill has faced a more tortuous path this legislative session than a proposal to allow child care workers and personal care assistants to unionize.
View ArticleDaycare, PCA unionization bill sent to Dayton’s desk after 68-66 House vote
The bill passed the House by a tally of 68-66, with the entire House Republican caucus joined by five moderate Democrats who voted in opposition.
View ArticleDay care providers file second lawsuit seeking to halt unionization bill
A dozen child care providers filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to have legislation that allows them to unionize tossed out as unconstitutional. The legal complaint argues that the controversial law,...
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