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| Date: | December 8, 2011 | | Contact Name: | Chris Van Guilder | | Contact Phone: | 651-296-1388 | | Contact Email: | christopher.vanguilder@senate.mn | | For Immediate Release | |
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| SENATORS PARRY AND HANN ON GOV DAYTON’S DECISION TO CONTEST RESTRAINING ORDER ON DAY CARE UNIONIZATION VOTE |
(ST. PAUL) -- Sen. Mike Parry (R-Waseca), Chairman of the Senate State Government Innovation and Veterans Committee and Sen. David Hann (R-Eden Prairie), Chairman of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, issued the following joint statement in response to Gov. Dayton’s announcement that he will contest the temporary restraining order on the vote to potentially unionize day care providers.
“Judge Lindman was very clear in his decision to block the scheduled unionization vote, stating concerns that the governor was circumventing the legislature, the governor does not have authority to enact a law of this type through executive order, and the governor is potentially harming the thousands he excluded from the democratic process.
“With this information in hand, the governor had the opportunity to withdraw, rethink and reconsider his executive order, but he has instead decided to forge ahead while his union allies cheer him on. We agree with Judge Lindman’s statements from the bench that it is likely the providers will prevail, and we continue to stand in their support.”
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