2008 Senate Bill 6522 (Providing collective bargaining for child care center staff )

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• Introduced by Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles, (D-Seattle) on January 17, 2008, provides collective bargaining for child care center directors and workers .
  • Referred to the Senate Labor, Commerce, Research and Development Committee on January 17, 2008.
    • Substitute offered in the Senate on February 8, 2008, to modify the units of child care center directors and workers to units that are aligned with DSHS regions or subregions. Removes the child care career and wage ladder from the bill. Clarifies that items including professional development and training may be subjects of collective bargaining, but the bargaining may not mandate a specific curriculum. Exempts from the scope of the bill child care centers that are: operated by an entity that operates ten or more child care centers statewide; or by a local organization that is affiliated with a national organization exempt from income tax with more than $5 million in membership dues and assessments annually. Precludes an organization that represents child care center directors and workers in bargaining with the state from representing workers seeking to engage in traditional collective bargaining. Removes the emergency clause .
  • Referred to the Senate Ways & Means Committee on February 8, 2008.
    • Substitute offered in the Senate on February 12, 2008, to exempt from the scope of the bill child care centers that are operated by a local non-profit organization whose mission includes serving children and families, pays membership dues or assessments to a regional council, and is affiliated with a national organization with more than 200 affiliates. The bargaining units must include directors and workers employed at a center within a DSHS region. Removes subregion from the bargaining unit. Eliminates the provisions requiring a subsidy rate for all centers to reflect the subsidy rate in the collective bargaining agreement funded by the Legislature.
  • Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on February 12, 2008.

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Introduced by Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles, (D-Seattle) on January 17, 2008. New Comment