Child care workers across the country struggle to make ends meet. Parents need quality, affordable child care.
That's why people who care for children are coming together with parents to fight for fair pay and child care for all. We're standing together to demand more for everyone who works hard but doesn’t make enough to get by.
Watch the video to hear why we're in the Fight for $15.
I think it's wrong that people who care for and teach kids all day as their job aren't paid enough to provide for their families. Child care workers deserve at least $15 per hour so they can care for and educate the children in our communities.
Child care workers joined the #MoralRevival day of action on Monday, September 12, 2016. We stood alongside hard-working Americans, the Fight for $15, Rev. William J. Barber, II, Repairers of the Breach, and others to demand that our elected leaders and candidates move to higher ground.
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Nearly 300 child care providers and their supporters from across the country travelled to Richmond, VA late last week to join thousands of underpaid working people at the Fight for $15 convention.
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SEIU along with The Hill, Make It Work Action, American Women, and the Domestic Workers Legacy Fund hosted a panel discussion on affordable and quality childcare, paid leave, and equal pay.
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