Unions Targeting Family Child Care

Linda Jacobsen, writing in Education Week ("Unions Eyeing Family Child-Care Providers"; June 13, 2007; www.edweek.org) reports that unions are making an aggressive campaign to organize family child care providers. In seven states, unions have succeeded in getting legislation passed allowing union representation and negotiation on behalf of family child care providers. In three of these states (Illinois, Oregon, and Washington) unions have signed contracts in place. In New York City, the United Federation of Teachers (an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers) already has signed cards from 12,000 family child care providers saying they want the UFT to represent them. One early objective of unions is to push for higher state reimbursement rates for providers.

For an analysis of the impact of the unionization of family child care, see "Getting Organized: Unionizing Home-Based Child Care Programs," a publication of the National Women's Law Center (www.nwlc.org).

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