More information on union dues for Ohio home child care providers on April 1...

Jan. 4, 2010 -- The "fair share" union deductions are mandated by Section 741.05 of Am. Sub. H.B. 1 of the 128th General Assembly. Here's a link to H.B. 1 (start on page 3081).

* Here is contact information for the family child care union: AFSCME Council 8, toll free at 800-282-3014, or at 614-841-0595. Here's a link to the union's Web site. Here's a link to some background on AFSCME's Web site and an article about contract ratification.

* Here is a link to ODJFS updates about the coming changes

Since this mandate is now in Ohio law, for any change to take place, individuals would need to get the support of a legislator to have any possible change or revision to the current law introduced or proposed. Interested persons can obtain information about their legislative representatives through this link: http://www.house.state.oh.us/index.php?option=com_displaymembers&Itemid=58