Breaking: CCPU Members vote overwhelmingly to approve 2-year Collective Bargaining Agreement with the state!

By |August 1st, 2023|CCPU Bargaining Updates, Child Care Providers|

Child Care Providers United members voted overwhelmingly to approve our new 2-year Collective Bargaining Agreement with the state! Once this new contract is ratified by the state of California, it will be effective through July 1, 2025. Once state legislators approve the ratified contract, and it is signed by Governor Newsom, our new contract [Read more]

CCPU Regional Meetings: Join one of these meetings to learn more about the tentative agreement and ratification process

By |July 10th, 2023|CCPU Bargaining Updates, Child Care Providers|

SEIU Local 99-CCPU members came together in their union, made thousands of phone calls to Gov. Newsom, sent thousands of emails, shared stories on social media, and rallied at the Capitol. Together, we made our voices heard! On June 30th, we reached a tentative agreement with the state that includes the following: A pathway [Read more]

BREAKING: CCPU reached a tentative agreement on a new, 2-year contract with the State!

By |June 30th, 2023|CCPU Bargaining Updates, Child Care Providers|

The Child Care Providers United elected state-wide bargaining team reached a tentative agreement on a new, 2-year contract with the State of California!  As a result of thousands of phone calls, thousands of emails, sharing our stories, and more than 3,000 of us rallying at the state capitol and going back and forth to Sacramento, [Read more]

Bargaining Update: Let’s show Gov Newsom we demand respect!

By |June 23rd, 2023|CCPU Bargaining Updates, Child Care Providers|

When our CCPU Negotiations Team met with the State today, we were ready to negotiate in good faith. The first thing that the State said, however, was that it had no new wage or economic offer for us, and remained adamant that a one-time stipend and no ongoing raises are what we should accept. This is [Read more]

Capitol rally and march calling on the Newsom Administration to meet providers’ demands for fair pay!

By |June 16th, 2023|Child Care Providers, Events, Member Voices|

SEIU Local 99/Child Care Providers United members joined state lawmakers and hundreds of child care allies at the State Capitol in Sacramento on Thursday, June 15 for a rally and march calling on the Newsom Administration to pay child care providers fairly.  Close to 2,000 providers from Los Angeles, San Diego, and the Central [Read more]

Send an urgent message to state legislators: You’ve been with us in our fight for fair pay and benefit. Keep standing strong with us!

By |June 9th, 2023|Child Care Providers|

Next week, thousands of CCPU members, children, allies, and lawmakers will march to the State Capitol to once again make our voices heard and deliver our message right at Governor Newsom's door! Specifically, we will be asking him to take action on the urgency of the Senate's and Assembly's proposals regarding increasing reimbursement rates [Read more]

Bargaining Update: The state is still not treating us with the dignity and respect we deserve

By |June 5th, 2023|CCPU Bargaining Updates, Child Care Providers|

This past weekend, we spent Saturday bargaining with the state and unfortunately, they still refuse to treat us with dignity and respect. Although there has been some movement on our health care and retirement needs, they refused to budge on the much-needed rate increase, as well as paid time off, training, and other support for [Read more]

As CA Budget Deadline Looms, Family Child Care Providers to March & Rally Calling on Governor Newsom to End Child Care Deserts, Invest in Quality Child Care for Working Families

By |May 30th, 2023|Child Care Providers, Press, Press Releases|

What: Over 50 providers, parents, children, and community allies will rally and march in one of the busiest commercial intersections in the Antelope Valley to highlight the essential role family child care providers play in making sure parents can go to work knowing their children are in a nurturing and safe learning environment. They will [Read more]

Bargaining Update: The state is not acknowledging us as essential workers

By |May 27th, 2023|CCPU Bargaining Updates, Child Care Providers|

On Thursday, our bargaining team met with the state. Through words and actions, the state is not acknowledging us as essential workers or that California runs on child care. The state’s bargaining team showed up Thursday with no proposals towards agreeing to a fair contract, meaning they have made ZERO movements on pay increases, paid time off, health care, retirement, and [Read more]

The Antelope Valley Runs on Child Care Rally and Picket

By |May 25th, 2023|Child Care Providers, Events|

Family Child Care Providers across California, particularly in the Antelope Valley, are struggling to keep their doors open due to low pay. SEIU Local 99-Child Care Providers United members are demanding the Governor to bargain in good faith by paying providers the actual cost of running a child care business and ensuring providers have [Read more]

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