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Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · 22h

This summer we made our voices heard and won critical cost of living adjustments, stabilization pay, benefits, more. We still have a long fight ahead of us to win #fairpay for quality childcare, so stay ready!

Read about our wins 👇
childcareprovidersunited.org/wins-in-ccpu...

Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · 15d

Happy Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month from CCPU! As a majority woman of color workforce we stand strong in our commitment to fighting for respect and fair pay for child care providers who are historically undervalued and underpayed.

Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · 15d

"Our contracts have brought stability and real progress, but the fight isn’t over. We must be paid the true cost of care so providers can earn, and pay our staff, a living wage," said Yolanda Thomas, a child care provider in Contra Costa County and member of CCPU’s negotiations team.

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Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · 15d

While this contract will stem the tide of providers closing their doors every day due to low pay – an average of 24 per day – reforming provider pay is essential for retaining providers in the workforce.

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Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · 15d

“Providers fought for and won a contract we can be proud of, one that protects our healthcare benefits and positions us to truly transform the child care system our whole state counts on,” says Anita Vicini, a child care provider in Tuolumne County and member of CCPU’s negotiations team.

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Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · 15d

This agreement delivers urgent stabilization pay, ongoing cost of living adjustments, protects our benefits, ensures a timeline for the #truecostofcare, and more.

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Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · 15d

"Providers pour our heart and soul into providing quality care for our children. Yet, many of us struggle to make ends meet," said Rasiene Reece, a child care provider in Victorville and member of CCPU’s negotiations team.

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Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · 15d

Victory! Child Care Providers ratified our third contract with the state after months of negotiations, rallies, and vigils. This comes after both #CALeg and Governor Newsom have ratified this agreement!

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Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · 26d

Our union sister Olga is voting yes, and you can read more about why here:
bit.ly/4n2ceGK

The Legislature Must Stand with Child Care Providers – Child Care Providers United CCPU

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Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · 26d

#CCPUCalifornia's tentative agreement with the state provides immediate stabilization for child care providers and essential pathways to the #truecostofcare. We urge #CALeg to ratify this agreement!

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Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · 27d

Child care providers and the working families we serve are struggling to get by due to rising costs of living and low pay. #CCPUcalifornia's TA with the state uplifts providers and ensures consistent care for families. 🗳️

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https://bit.ly/3JWsmeh

Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · 29d

Union child care providers fought hard this summer to secure a tentative agreement with the state that will help keep providers’ doors open. 💪 Now it's time to VOTE YES to ratify the agreement.

Read why union sister Dora is voting yes!
https://bit.ly/46eG17O

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Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · Sep 4

Families deserve access to affordable child care! ‼️🧑‍🍼 Limited subsidy slots and low pay for providers are limiting access to care. We appreciate Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen for calling this out and we look forward to working together on solutions. @cawomenscaucus.bsky.social

Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · Aug 29

She fought tirelessly in Sacramento with us and was an integral part of CCPU.

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Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · Aug 29

CCPU mourns the devastating loss of Mary Gutierrez-Hunter. When providers came together decades ago to talk about our lack of collective power to negotiate over poverty wages, benefits, and more, Mary stood hand in hand with providers to help us form our union.

SEIU California @seiuca.org · Aug 29

With heavy hearts, we mourn our union sister Mary Gutierrez-Hunter. Mary brought justice to those in need, beauty and laughter to every space she entered, and fierce dedication to working people. She lives on in our hearts and in our movement. Please keep her loved ones in your thoughts.

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Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · Aug 15

Child care providers fought for months and WON ✊ by showing up to rallies, making calls, writing letters, and coming together at the bargaining table we preserved our benefits, won COLAs, and stabilization pay. Thank you @KQED for covering our fight!

www.kqed.org/news/1205173...

California Child Care Union Strikes Deal to Preserve Benefits, Bump Up Pay | KQED

California will increase pay to home-based child care providers and preserve retirement and health care benefits, the union said.

https://www.kqed.org/news/12051737/child-care-union-strikes-deal-to-preserve-benefits-bump-up-pay"

Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · Aug 9

To read about our agreement visit: childcareprovidersunited.org/tentative-ag...

TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED: Child Care Providers Union Protects Benefits, Wins Stabilization Pay and Ongoing COLAs – Child Care Providers United CCPU

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Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · Aug 9

The tentative agreement includes:

✅Ongoing cost of living adjustments
✅One-time stabilization pay
✅Ongoing funding for our health care, retirement, and training benefits
✅Significant progress on rate reform structure
and more!
✅continuing payment to enrollment

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Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · Aug 9

#CALeg HEARD providers’ stories of missing mortgage payments and fears of not being able to feed our families, and responded by funding a historic cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in the #CABudget

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Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · Aug 9

We appreciate parents, our legislative partners, and the community who came together to fight for respect from the State of California. ( @cawomenscaucus.bsky.social, @parentvoicesca.bsky.social and more!)

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Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · Aug 9

When the state threatened to strip the benefits we won in our last contract, providers who survived cancer & received arthritis treatments through the Union’s healthcare benefits led our fightback and the state listened!

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Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · Aug 9

🚨BREAKING🚨 #CCPUCalifornia has reached a tentative agreement w/the State of California that protects benefits, wins stabilization pay, & ongoing cost-of-living adjustments, helping keep child care doors open by starting to stem the loss of skilled providers created by low pay.

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Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · Aug 1

Working families can't afford to lose child care, but providers are being forced to close their doors every day.

📢 @gavinnewsom.bsky.social: stabilize child care now!

Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · Jul 24

Read our statement: childcareprovidersunited.org/child-care-p...

Child Care Providers Press Charges Against State of California – Child Care Providers United CCPU

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Child Care Providers United California @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social · Jul 24

Our contract expired on July 1st, and 24 providers close each day! The state must stop breaking the law and sit down at the bargaining table to agree on a contract that invests in our state’s child care workforce to ensure working families do not continue to lose access to care."

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