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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 - Worcester 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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City/Town Ward Pct Blanks Total Votes Cast
Totals
107,708
127,983
27,150 262,841
Ashburnham
 
1,094
1,059
223
2,376
Athol More »
 
1,389
1,635
247
3,271
Auburn More »
 
2,621
3,313
560
6,494
Barre More »
 
808
995
197
2,000
Berlin
 
485
675
116
1,276
Blackstone More »
 
1,070
1,694
218
2,982
Bolton
 
836
1,202
156
2,194
Boylston
 
750
1,107
126
1,983
Brookfield
 
499
633
187
1,319
Charlton More »
 
1,792
2,286
368
4,446
Clinton More »
 
1,997
2,069
497
4,563
Douglas More »
 
995
1,530
312
2,837
Dudley More »
 
1,353
1,850
233
3,436
E. Brookfield
 
354
421
48
823
Fitchburg More »
 
4,851
4,344
1,221
10,416
Gardner More »
 
2,812
2,722
629
6,163
Grafton More »
 
2,547
3,287
485
6,319
Hardwick
 
435
527
127
1,089
Harvard
 
1,115
1,434
301
2,850
Holden More »
 
3,136
4,321
607
8,064
Hopedale
 
953
1,315
349
2,617
Hubbardston
 
799
1,028
96
1,923
Lancaster More »
 
1,090
1,362
197
2,649
Leicester More »
 
1,602
2,046
396
4,044
Leominster More »
 
6,043
5,969
1,484
13,496
Lunenburg More »
 
1,648
2,013
639
4,300
Mendon
 
930
1,312
163
2,405
Milford More »
 
3,427
3,994
1,556
8,977
Millbury More »
 
1,972
2,227
426
4,625
Millville
 
340
475
163
978
New Braintree
 
173
201
62
436
N. Brookfield
 
699
937
159
1,795
Northborough More »
 
2,336
3,252
583
6,171
Northbridge More »
 
2,008
2,770
454
5,232
Oakham
 
317
439
63
819
Oxford More »
 
1,977
2,377
314
4,668
Paxton
 
770
1,098
152
2,020
Petersham
 
279
296
78
653
Phillipston
 
341
315
35
691
Princeton
 
657
934
136
1,727
Royalston More »
 
219
210
48
477
Rutland More »
 
1,167
1,667
201
3,035
Shrewsbury More »
 
4,950
6,891
1,318
13,159
Southborough More »
 
1,557
2,483
325
4,365
Southbridge More »
 
2,253
2,379
511
5,143
Spencer More »
 
1,639
2,060
275
3,974
Sterling More »
 
1,191
1,871
331
3,393
Sturbridge More »
 
1,429
2,058
246
3,733
Sutton More »
 
1,390
2,086
369
3,845
Templeton More »
 
1,189
1,350
172
2,711
Upton
 
1,141
1,557
209
2,907
Uxbridge More »
 
1,997
2,646
392
5,035
Warren More »
 
654
805
203
1,662
Webster More »
 
1,812
2,216
492
4,520
W. Boylston More »
 
1,216
1,597
272
3,085
W. Brookfield
 
627
757
85
1,469
Westborough More »
 
2,450
3,587
653
6,690
Westminster More »
 
1,362
1,618
240
3,220
Winchendon More »
 
1,422
1,396
205
3,023
Worcester More »
 
18,743
17,285
6,240
42,268
County Totals
107,708
127,983
27,150 262,841