AB 101: Last Minute Amendment Would Add Child Care Providers to PERB’s Jurisdiction
It’s crunch time in the Legislature. Last Friday—the deadline in the Assembly to amend any pending bills—AB 101 was amended to provide for the unionization of home child care providers. AB 101 originally dealt with identifying general fund savings in the state’s developmental services system. So the amendment of AB 101 was a classic “gut and amend.” The new AB 101 is sponsored by Speaker Perez with Senator Steinberg as the principal co-sponsor. AB 101 would allow child care providers the right to unionize and participate in collective bargaining. According to a post by the Sacramento Bee, this bill has been a priority…