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Filipino American Heritage Month 2024

We’re celebrating Filipino American Heritage Month! Together, we’ll continue celebrating and uplifting contributions of our Filipino community across California every

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Caring for People, Caring for the Planet: Our Fight for Environmental Justice

As extreme weather events become more frequent and severe, having an emergency plan isn’t just important—it’s essential, especially when we

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Women’s History Month 2024

March was Women’s History Month, and as a union made up mostly of women, every year we celebrate and uplift

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Black History Month 2024

February was Black History Month, and every year we celebrate and uplift not just Black history but also those making

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‘Historic’ California Child Care deal slashes ‘Family Fees,’ promises rate overhaul. Here’s what it means for families and providers

Families of four with incomes of up to $96,300 are eligible for subsidized child care, under new state income limits,

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A lifetime of service and dedication: Pamela’s story

Pamela never quite imagined herself as a family child care provider. She had planned her life around her career as

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members at events throughout 2002

That’s a Wrap on 2022!

The last few years of self-growth while we adapted and learned to live with a virus that devastated our communities

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From dream to reality: Audrey’s path as business owner and educator

Audrey McBath grew up knowing she wanted to be an educator. As a kid, she saw her single mom make

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Fighting for supplemental pay and better futures!

Hami Kitsuda was stuck between a rock and a hard place. She was 22, had just given birth to her

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Member spotlight: Karen Clark

Karen Clark started babysitting at just eight years old in her hometown of Lompoc. Those early experiences sparked a love

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“There were days when I seriously considered closing my doors”: One child care provider’s fight to survive the pandemic

With help from her union, CCPU-UDW member Susana Perez won retroactive pay and stability for her small business Susana Perez

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From IHSS provider to child care provider, Terry Walker-Dampier says “it’s about respect”

Ms. Terry Walker-Dampier lives her life based on a simple mantra passed down to her from her mother: “You are

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Pat Alexander: We’ve been fighting for this for 15 years and we can’t wait any longer

If anyone can call themselves an expert in Early Childhood Education, it’s CCPU-UDW member Pat Alexander. She’s been a childcare

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Charlotte Neal: “I come up short every single month”

Charlotte Neal runs a near 24-hour child care in Sacramento. She has kids being dropped off and picked up in

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Sylvia Carrasco: “Together, we are one voice”

Sylvia Carrasco, who grew up on the Central Coast and now lives in Los Banos, comes from a family that

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Good child care: Listen to parents, kids, providers

They say it takes a village to raise a child, and that may be true. But this much we know

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CCPU-UDW providers have been hard at work to improve California’s child care system

California’s family child care system needs a lot of improvement—any provider can tell you that. Rates are too low to

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Terrie Maldonado: “Our daycare has been in my family for three generations”

Terrie Maldonado | Child care provider for over 20 years Our daycare has been in my family for three generations.

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Beth Upton: “I want to continue nurturing and preparing the future doctors and lawyers of the world”

Beth Upton | Child care provider for 16 years It is truly a joy to witness what children can become

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Karla Reed: “I became a family child care provider to educate children in my community”

Karla Reed | Child care provider for 15 years When my own kids were very young, my focus became giving

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Patricia Miranda: “All of the parents of the children in my daycare are struggling financially”

Patricia Miranda | San Ysidro, CA | Child care provider for 13 years Years ago, a 17-year-old mother brought her

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