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Home child care workers unionize in California

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jul 29, 2020
Workers hope to strengthen an industry that has become even more precarious.
Child care workers are some of the lowest paid in the country.
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Child care, an industry struggling even before COVID-19, now in dire need

by Erika Beras
Jun 24, 2020
About 350,000 child care workers are currently out of a job.
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How rising child care costs affect the workers taking care of your kids

by Donna Tam
Aug 11, 2016
Politicians are touting reform to help parents pay for increasing child care costs. Childcare workers and early educators say they need those reforms as well.
Children play at a daycare facility in Germany. 
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