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Labor organizing by executive order: Governor Spitzer and the unionization of home-based child day-care providers.

I. INTRODUCTION

On May 8, 2007, New York Governor Eliot Spitzer issued Executive Order No. 12, opening the door for the unionization of 60,000 persons paid directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, by state funds, to provide home-based day-care for the children of working parents. (1)

The Governor's action was dramatic, stark, and extraordinarily significant. Rather than wait for the New York State Assembly and Senate to reenact legislation previously vetoed by former Governor Pataki in 2006, Governor Spitzer used the prerogative of the executive order to cut through many Gordian knots. (2)

Meanwhile, powerful unions have carved up the organizing turf: the ...

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