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| Date: | April 6, 2012 | | Contact Name: | Susan Closmore | | Contact Phone: | 651-296-5712 | | Contact Email: | susan.closmore@senate.mn | | For Immediate Release | |
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| SENATOR HANN, PARRY STATEMENT ON CHILD CARE UNION RULING |
(ST. PAUL) -- Sen. David Hann (R-Eden Prairie), Chairman of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, and Sen. Mike Parry (R-Waseca), Chairman of the Senate State Government Innovation and Veterans Committee, issued the following statements in response to Ramsey County Judge Dale Lindman’s ruling Friday that Governor Mark Dayton exceeded his authority in ordering a union election for certain in-home child-care providers.
“I am pleased with Judge Lindman’s ruling today on the side of Minnesota small businesses. Last year, we filed an amicus brief in support of child care providers, expressing deep concern over the Governor’s desire to create law through executive order, a process we believe is unconstitutional. We want to thank the providers for taking the time and effort to stand up for their rights as independent, privately-owned and managed day care providers,” said Senator Hann.
“This is great news for child care providers in Minnesota! We strongly believe that the Governor does not have the authority to hold a union election for child care providers and Judge Lindman’s decision today confirmed our belief. We will continue to push back against the Governor’s troubling pattern of ignoring the law, overreaching into the private sector and are optimistic that we will continue to prevail as we have today,” concluded Senator Parry.
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