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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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They May Be in Demand, But Child Care Workers Still Struggle to Make Ends Meet

There’s an overwhelming demand for child care in California but not enough people who provide it. The industry is notorious

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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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Child Care Providers Speak Out in Sacramento on International Workers Day

Urge Legislators to Support Families’ Top Needs: Good Union Jobs and Access to Quality Child Care Child care providers, including

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UDW-CCPU members are making our voices heard—and making a difference!

There is so much going on with UDW-CCPU right now it is hard to keep up! Our movement of family

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CCPU-UDW membership soars while new governor promises changes to child care system

It’s an exciting time for California’s child care providers! Big changes are on the horizon, and more and more providers

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CCPU child care provider wins over $8,000 in back pay with the help of her union!

Being a family child care provider means running a small business. Sometimes we are so busy looking after the children

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CCPU member hosts state official to show day-to-day work of child care

Family child care providers help California’s working families get through their days, honor their commitments, and realize their goals. But,

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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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TAKE ACTION: Sign Petition & Stand with Family Child Care Providers

Family child care providers make working outside the home possible for millions of families in our state, and as early

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Low pay for child care workers puts more than half at poverty level, study finds

EdSource | July 5, 2018 | by Ashley Hopkinson A majority of child care workers in California are paid so

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Governor signs our bill updating child care payment system

Thanks to the work of UDW-CCPU members, AB 603 passed the state legislature and was signed into law on October

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UDW-CCPU members bring our stories to lawmakers to improve payment systems

My name is Alicia Turner and I’m a family child care provider. I’m also a member of our union, Child

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California Governor Seeks Smaller Education, Child Care Cuts

Johnathan J. Cooper, Associated Press, May 11 The California governor dialed back his proposed cuts for schools and child care,

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Parents bring the child care crisis to Sacramento at the 21st annual Stand for Children Day

Mary Ignatius, San Francisco Bay View, May 9 Sacramento – Anticipating the governor will maintain a conservative fiscal outlook and

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Parents in South San Francisco Skip Work, Brave the Elements in the Name of Affordable Child Care

Jean Elle, NBC Bay Area, May 4, 2017 Taking time off work and spending the night out in the cold.

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Trump’s working class supporters would get just $5 from his childcare plan

Bryce Covert, ThingProgress, April 24 Wealthier families stand to benefit much, much more. President Trump’s plan to make childcare more affordable

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How Child Care Enriches Mothers, and Especially the Sons They Raise

Claire Cain Miller, The New York Times, April 20 As many American parents know, hiring care for young children during

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See how much child care costs in each California county

Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee, April 18 These days, infant child care in California can cost as much as a mortgage.

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Paid Family Leave and Child Care Could Erase Motherhood Wage Penalty

By Gaby Galvin, U.S. News & World Report, April 7, 2017 In 1990, American women earned 71.6 cents for every

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