Friday, June 15, 2007
Unions continue to try to organize child care...
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is approaching local in-home providers in an effort to create a union.A national union is trying to organize day-care providers in Kansas to improve state reimbursement rates and regulations.
Organizers with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees have been in Wichita over the past few weeks talking to local day- care providers.
Kansas is the latest of many states in which the national union has pushed its cause. It is further along in organizing in California, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio and Iowa among other states.
The day-care providers are actually small business owners, rather than employees. AFSCME said there are about 7,000 day-care providers in Kansas.
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is approaching local in-home providers in an effort to create a union.A national union is trying to organize day-care providers in Kansas to improve state reimbursement rates and regulations.
Organizers with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees have been in Wichita over the past few weeks talking to local day- care providers.
Kansas is the latest of many states in which the national union has pushed its cause. It is further along in organizing in California, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio and Iowa among other states.
The day-care providers are actually small business owners, rather than employees. AFSCME said there are about 7,000 day-care providers in Kansas.
The union is seeking the one-person, in-home day cares -- particularly those whose clients qualify for government-subsidized day care -- rather than the professionally run day-care centers.
More information: Union wants to organize day cares
// posted by Tammy Wachter @ 5:06 PM 
