{"id":15882,"date":"2012-10-11T15:35:19","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T19:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=15882"},"modified":"2012-10-11T15:43:23","modified_gmt":"2012-10-11T19:43:23","slug":"vote-carefully-in-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=15882","title":{"rendered":"Unionization of Home Based Family Care Providers In Massachusetts"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following letter is reprinted with the permission of the writer. It originally appeared in the Community Advocate which covers Hudson, Marlboro<\/a>, Northboro<\/a>, Southboro, Westboro<\/a>, and Shrewsbury<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dear Editor,<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m writing to set the record straight about the recently passed legislation forcing family care providers into a state employee union if they accept one child on a state voucher.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rep. Carolyn Dykema<\/a> has claimed that is untrue. As a family care provider who is living with the situation, Dykema is wrong. We are home based businesses that care for children. We are the ultimate small business<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the past eight years, the Service Employees International Union<\/a> (SEIU) has tried to recruit us into their union. No one joined. That should be an indication that we don\u2019t want to be part of a union. Unfortunately, the legislature did not pay attention to what we wanted and they passed the bill anyways.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dykema will say there were hearings and testimony. The people who testified were connected to the SEIU. The rest of us were working managing our small business. How were we supposed to know about this legislation being forced upon us?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unlike the big corporate centers which are exempt from being forced into a union, we don\u2019t have a lobbyist. We are just normal people trying to run a home based business<\/a>. We expect that our legislators will protect us not betray us for a big powerful labor union<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dykema will also say that this legislation was passed to help us providers get an increase in our reimbursement rates from the state. That\u2019s untruthful as well. The legislature can increase those rates without forcing us into the union. The Senate took a vote on increased rate in July and it was rejected.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If this can happen to home-based family care providers like us, then it can happen to your business. I urge voters to hold Rep. Dykema accountable for this very anti-small business vote.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kathy D\u2019Agostino<\/strong>
\n Kathy\u2019s House Family Child Care<\/a> and PreSchool<\/strong>
\n Watertown<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just for the record, Marty Lamb is opposing Carolyn Dykema in the 2012 House of Representatives election in Massachusetts. He does not support this legislation.<\/p>\n

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