Stagnant Child Care Worker Wages Hurt Children
On May 1, Worthy Wage Day, the American Federation of Teachers is hosting a briefing on Capitol Hill in which early childhood educators from a Head Start center, a home-based center and a for-profit center will discuss low wages and other problems plaguing the profession.

May 1st Is Worthy Wage Day 2008
This is a great opportunity to educate the public about the work we do in our child care centers, and also to energize your staff while focusing on our shared struggle to raise pay and benefits for the child care workforce.

Early Care and Education Workers Vote to Join CFT
After months of grass roots organizing, Northcoast Children's Services (NCS) early care and education workers won a federally mediated election earlier this week choosing to be represented by The California Federation of Teachers (CFT) in contract negotiations.

NYC Home Child Care Providers Say Yes to Union
In the largest addition of unaffiliated workers in the history of the AFT, 28,000 child care workers have voted overwhelmingly for representation by the AFT-affiliated United Federation of Teachers in New York City. The organizing drive was the most extensive in nearly 50 years in the nation's largest city.