CCPU brings together over 40,000 family child care providers across California and is a partnership of @SEIULocal99, @SEIU521, and @udw_union.
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🖊️Victory! AB 1981, the True Cost of Care Act by @AsmAguiarCurry has been signed into law. Thousands of us traveled to Sacramento and legislator district offices, made calls, sent emails, and posted on social media and it WORKED!
As we continue to remember and honor the legacy of Dolores Huerta, we reflect on her commitment to fighting for working families and child care providers. She stood strong by providers in our fight to form a union and penned this powerful Op-Ed about child care access.
Read what she had to say, much of which is still relevant 11 years later:
eastbaytimes.com/2015/06/18/…
We’re wishing everyone celebrating #DiaDeLosMuertos peaceful and loving nights of remembrance. During this time, we take time to be with loved ones — both departed and still present — and honor their lives and memories.
Happy Halloween from CCPU. 🎃 While parents go to work to provide for their families, we provide enriching and fun activities to support children's development. This month, providers got into the spooky spirit with Halloween themed crafts!
Dolores Huerta fought for all working people, no matter where they came from, the color of their skin, or who they loved. She was a champion basic dignity and respect for all work, and stood by child care providers in our fight to form our union.
Her work organizing farmworkers changed the labor movement in this country forever and inspired workers around the world, including child care providers here in California.
Happy #BookReadingMonth! Reading to children out loud helps build language and literacy skills. Child care providers are proud to help kids build strong early learning foundations through regular reading time.
OUR VOTES MATTER 🗳️ Tag your friends to remind them to get out and vote for candidates who will invest in child care and on measures that will improve our quality of life, including revenue we need and keeping voting accessible to us.
We fought and we won. 👏
While providers operate in a deficit each month as our costs of running our businesses skyrocket, we need a payment structure that meets the #truecostofcare now -- that's why we fought for #AB1981.
This year, #CALeg and @GavinNewsom, approved a 2.009% cost of living adjustment that will bring some relief to providers, but not enough. Our pay only covers 30% of our rent, utilities, and groceries, and 2/3 of providers can't meet a basic need housing.
Until providers are paid the #truecostofcare, we will continue to be forced to close our doors and working families will continue to be left scrambling to find care.
Child care providers fought hard for decades to form a union. The results?
We won:
🥼 Healthcare benefits
💸 Retirement benefits
💻️ Training and education benefits
& more.
These wins are an essential part of our overall fight for respect for the work we do and helps support us as we continue providing quality, affordable child care.
There's less than one month until #ElectionDay — are you ready to vote? 🗳️ Vote by November 3rd by mailing in your ballot, visiting an early voting center, or voting in person on Election Day.
Find where to return your ballot here: caearlyvoting.sos.ca.gov/
As Hispanic/Latino heritage month comes to an end, we're standing strong in our fight for fair pay.
The facts:
📊 44% of child care providers in California are Latina women
📊 California only pays providers 30%, on average, of what it costs to provide child care
Our child care system is straining. Providers are closing, and limited slots makes accessing quality, affordable child care difficult on parents. This is why we must be paid the #truecostofcare now, and the state must continue to fund more subsidized spaces for families.
