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[quote=Anonymous]The problem we now face is the prospect of Senator McClellan intentionally killing SB7 to ensure there is no au pair exemption. Sure, the minimum wage won’t raise, but HB804 would remain, and au pairs would now be lumped into a new worker status that would make Virginia like Massachusetts. A very good result for the competing care companies that paid $300,000 in dark money to kill the au pair program:

“The 23-member Virginia Legislative Black Caucus is lobbying to kill the Sen- ate’s regional approach. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the VLBC announced its opposition to anything but a statewide minimum wage increase, implying members would join Republicans to kill the bill if the regional approach emerged from a con- ference committee seeking to reconcile differences between the House and Senate versions of the legislation.”

http://m.richmondfreepress.com/news/2020/mar/06/virginia-house-senate-disagreement-threatens-propo/

Because, again, this was never about domestic workers or your local care giver. It was always about killing a competing program.

Every family I have spoken to supports an increased minimum wage for domestic workers. Don’t let this be a Trojan horse for a competing service to kill the au pair program with dark money.[/quote]

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