Child care workers, parents, and elected officials came together in Oakland, CA and Hamden, CT this week to discuss the need for child care for all and a living wage and union rights for child care providers.

Child care providers, parents, and allies sat down with Congresswoman Katherine Clark in Boston and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky in Chicago to discuss the need for affordable, quality child care and $15/hour and a union for child care workers.

On August 6, a packed house of family child care providers in Rhode Island’s Child Care Assistance Program unanimously ratified their first-ever contract with the State of Rhode Island.