Another egregious "emergency clause" was attached to HB 2475 "Requiring collective bargaining regarding hours of work for individual providers". This highly urgent piece of legislation forces all independent home caregivers who contract through DSHS to join a union, and also designates the governor as the sole bargaining agent for the state. The bill was pushed by SEIU, which was a significant donor to Mrs. Gregoire's1 2004 campaign.
1 Fresh discoveries of illegal votes cast in King County in the 2004 election are still an almost daily occurrence.
Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at February 08, 2006 12:01 AM | Email Thistonight the voters of tacoma rejected both school levies and the tacoma dome remodel again…
the only sad news is that only 25% of registered voters went to the polls!!!
tacoma’s mayor billy bumble was strutn’ his stuff at the tacoma city council meeting like a cat that just swallowed a canary...touting how they were going to spend the money for the dome…”a sure thing this time”…”there is no way we can lose”…”we pulled out all of the stops on this one”
maybe they will get it with this vote!!!
I am sure they are going to try to regulate the blogs and other sources of information as one of their next attempts. Have you heard anything along those lines yet, Stefan?
Posted by: Burdabee on February 8, 2006 12:25 AMwhatssssssssup
Posted by: tacoma phlash on February 8, 2006 12:40 AMIs this merely a sign that Mrs. Gregoire knows she's a one-termer, therefore she's ramming as much of this down our throats while she can??
Posted by: Misty on February 8, 2006 01:12 AMI don’t like unions they take your money and do nothing for you! Call me a scab! I always have work!
Posted by: dcat on February 8, 2006 06:49 AMANYONE that contracts with the State in ANY manner will soon be FORCED to join a union or lose out on a State contract?
The State is no longer run by "We, the People", it is being turned into "Us, the Unions".
Posted by: SouthernRoots on February 8, 2006 07:05 AMMy wife works in a hospital and we have to deal with these yutzes on a continuing basis.
They are a communist front organization. Pure and simple.
Gov. Gregoire is bending the public over so a bunch of commie can take it too us.
What ever happened to "Choice" and the "public discussion" regarding legislation.
OH! I forgot the Queen knows what is best for us.
Excuse my while I drop trou and bend over.
Posted by: JCM on February 8, 2006 07:13 AMI thought it funny/humorous/cynical that the Gregoire is the chief negotiating agent for the providers and at the same time she is writing the budget. I suppose, though, "conflict of interest" isn't in Wikipedia.
Posted by: swatter on February 8, 2006 07:24 AMHome daycare folks, although possibly underpaid, are independent business persons. They can, or can not, provide their services to the public )or the state) at a price.
The market sets the price, not the provider of the service. If folks want (percieved) higher quality, more staff, more toys, better food, then they pay more.
If not, then not. If there is demand, new folks will enter the market. If there is no demand at their price, businesses will leave the market, creating scarcity and driving up the price--if I remember my economics right.
Low barriers to entry in this biz........maybe a fire extinguisher and some cabinet locks.
So, without signing cards, or any sign that state paid providers want the union, the union on its own co-opts these independent business people to pay them to play in the market?
The Geezer recalls when it was like that in the 50's and 60's in Silly Seattle. Except instead of paying the union goons, you paid the blue-gunned thugs.
Same principle, different players.
I wanna barf.
The Geezer
Posted by: The Geezer on February 8, 2006 08:02 AMBefore Unions ran the Governors office, it was in shambles and now it's going to be even worse.
Posted by: Dengle on February 8, 2006 11:20 AMWTF!
Posted by: Jim in Clark Co. on February 8, 2006 01:00 PMSo, when I first read "care providers" I thought long-term health care as the law was written. But then, hey, I am a foster care provider. They give me $300 for 24/7 care plus childcare. Do they want me to join a union? They can take the job and shove it, if that were the case.
So, it turned out to be long term care.
But, in our Brave New World that even conservative Republicans are joining, when will they start asking me to join a union? It is a lesser leap than twenty years ago when same sex marriages were proposed.
Posted by: swatter on February 8, 2006 03:03 PMhttp://hera.pdc.wa.gov/wx/getpage.asp?batchnumber=100114616&formtype=C3
Posted by: m on February 8, 2006 03:29 PMLong live the Queen.
Posted by: Snuffy on February 8, 2006 07:10 PM