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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Matahari Women's Worker's Center. They lobbied for the bill ([b]which in a large sense was needed[/b]) and pushed for eliminating the proposed exclusion for au pairs. As a group, they lobby on behalf of nannies, who will benefit from the loss of a more affordable (albeit quite different) childcare option.

I don't think any APs were involved in the push for inclusion in this bill.

Also note that the lawsuit was from one of the AP agencies for clarity from the AG that it didn't apply to APs. Other states have included specific riders that it didn't where MA had those proposed multiple times and pulled (see above).[/quote]

I agree, but I think the baby was thrown out with the bathwater. [/quote]

MA HM here.  I agree completely.  i am a huge fan of a higher min wage, but this was never meant to apply to APs.  And PP is right that it was a home childcare worker advocacy group who pushed this --- it had nothing to do with helping APs and everything to do with killing the AP program to increase the wages and employment options of nannies.
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I am PP who asked the question. I had no idea, this all makes sense now. I knew nannies will be happy about this change but I didn't know this was actually done on their behalf. Thanks for the info.[/quote]

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