« Go Back   « Go Back
Summary of Question 3
This proposed law would allow licensed and other authorized providers of child care in private homes under the state's subsidized child care system to bargain collectively with the relevant state agencies about all terms and conditions of the provision of child care services under the state's child care assistance program and its regulations. Under the proposed law, these family child care providers who provide state-subsidized child care would not be considered public employees, but if 30% of the providers gave written authorization for an employee organization to be their exclusive representative in collective bargaining, the state Labor Relations Commission would hold a secret mail ballot election on whether to certify that organization as the exclusive representative. Parts of the state's public employee labor relations law and regulations would apply to the election and collective bargaining processes. The proposed law would not authorize providers to engage in a strike or other refusal to deliver child care services. An exclusive representative, if certified, could then communicate with providers to develop and present a proposal to the state agencies concerning the terms and conditions of child care provider services. The proposed law would then require the parties to negotiate in good faith to try to reach a binding agreement. If the agreed-upon terms and conditions required changes in existing regulations, the state agencies could not finally agree to the terms until they completed the required procedures for changing regulations and any cost items agreed to by the parties had been approved by the state Legislature. If any actions taken under the proposed law required spending state funds, that spending would be subject to appropriation by the Legislature. Any complaint that one of the parties was refusing to negotiate in good faith could be filed with and ruled upon by the Labor Relations Commission. An exclusive representative could collect a fee from providers for the costs of representing them. An exclusive representative could be de-certified under Commission regulations and procedures if certain conditions were met. The Commission could not accept a decertification petition for at least 2 years after the first exclusive representative was certified, and any such petition would have to be supported by 50% or more of the total number of providers. The Commission would then hold a secret mail ballot election for the providers to vote on whether to decertify the exclusive representative. The proposed law states that activities carried out under it would be exempt from federal anti-trust laws. The proposed law states that if any of its parts were declared invalid, the other parts would stay in effect.

2006 - Hampden County - Question 3Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 3, 2006?

View as: # | %

Hampden County Results
« Return to Aggregate Results

 
City/Town Ward Pct Blanks Total Votes Cast
Totals
60,442
61,788
14,815 137,045
Agawam More »
 
4,339
5,187
1,030
10,556
Blandford
 
221
221
48
490
Brimfield
 
607
762
101
1,470
Chester
 
201
223
42
466
Chicopee More »
 
7,131
7,428
2,203
16,762
E. Longmeadow More »
 
2,449
3,094
594
6,137
Granville
 
260
293
50
603
Hampden
 
874
1,168
203
2,245
Holland
 
387
417
68
872
Holyoke More »
 
5,174
4,272
1,040
10,486
Longmeadow More »
 
2,767
3,748
841
7,356
Ludlow More »
 
2,882
3,391
675
6,948
Monson More »
 
1,227
1,496
382
3,105
Montgomery
 
146
195
20
361
Palmer More »
 
1,696
2,192
390
4,278
Russell
 
249
259
50
558
Southwick More »
 
1,272
1,656
448
3,376
Springfield More »
 
17,133
12,046
3,467
32,646
Tolland
 
50
107
31
188
Wales
 
260
381
75
716
W. Springfield More »
 
3,641
4,123
753
8,517
Westfield More »
 
5,115
5,585
1,709
12,409
Wilbraham More »
 
2,361
3,544
595
6,500
County Totals
60,442
61,788
14,815 137,045