This is the March 6th Zoom recording of a presentation given to child care providers by Dr. Nava Yeganeh at UCLA and Debra Coleman, Director at L.A. County Office for the Advancement of Early Care and Education, on the COVID-19 vaccination and distribution program and about how the vaccine works.
Missed our Jan 30 SEIU Local 99/Child Care Providers United (CCPU) meeting ? Watch it here to get updates on negotiations, the federal, state and county budgets and how they impact bargaining and COVID-19 relief, vaccination updates and more.
On January 21, providers - including members of SEIU Local 99/Child Care Providers United - met with the State of CA to negotiate over immediate COVID-19 relief. Members were ready to continue negotiations to ensure providers can keep caring for the children of essential workers and assisting students during distance learning. But the state refused [Read more]
The final results of our SEIU Local 99/CCPU Negotiations Team election are in and we are happy to report that the following members will be seated on the team that will be negotiating our first contract with the state of California. We congratulate these providers and recognize all provider leaders who participated in this election process.
More than 5,200 family child care providers have closed their doors since COVID-19 struck. Since school began, providers are also absorbing tremendous costs to support distance learning, including purchasing desks, computers, ink, and more to ensure no student is left behind. Yet, they are essentially facing a wage cut from the state. Enough is enough!
After 17 years of organizing and fighting to win their union, family child care providers will soon sit down to negotiate their first union contract with the state of California. The first step is to elect their negotiations team. The negotiations team will be made up of providers and union staff. This team will develop [Read more]
This summer, family child care providers in California won their union with a historic 97% of the vote! Now, they’re preparing to sit down with state representatives and negotiate their first union contract. The first step is to elect the negotiations team. To learn more about the nomination and election process for the negotiations team join a Zoom meeting on Wednesday, October 14.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, more than 5,000 family child care providers have closed their doors. Los Angeles alone has seen 982 closures impacting an estimated 9000 children and their families. On Oct. 1, providers are poised to face a pay cut due to lack of federal funding. Enough is enough!
By Sylvia Hernandez, Family Child Care Provider, Van Nuys Sylvia Hernandez (left) enjoys early shopping access at Costco Van Nuys will fellow providers. Sylvia helped providers win front-of-the-line access after hearing about a union sister's success in Richmond, CA. I started my journey into early education and development over 19 years [Read more]
In February, we held a workshop that outlined, step by step, how we can become licensed. We spent time sharing what drove each of us to want to obtain our license.
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