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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 - Hampshire 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?

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Hampshire County Results
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City/Town Ward Pct Blanks Total Votes Cast
Totals
29,630
21,949
5,260 56,839
Amherst More »
 
5,218
2,211
799
8,228
Belchertown More »
 
2,467
2,153
481
5,101
Chesterfield
 
236
209
41
486
Cummington
 
219
125
49
393
Easthampton More »
 
3,138
2,746
472
6,356
Goshen
 
225
179
35
439
Granby
 
1,140
1,237
218
2,595
Hadley
 
1,089
998
269
2,356
Hatfield
 
745
825
122
1,692
Huntington
 
365
341
44
750
Middlefield
 
111
86
19
216
Northampton More »
 
7,226
3,701
1,129
12,056
Pelham
 
427
232
56
715
Plainfield
 
159
95
31
285
S. Hadley More »
 
3,043
2,960
687
6,690
Southampton
 
1,015
1,256
243
2,514
Ware More »
 
1,376
1,555
296
3,227
Westhampton
 
410
394
75
879
Williamsburg
 
691
436
159
1,286
Worthington
 
330
210
35
575
County Totals
29,630
21,949
5,260 56,839