In programs where there is high teacher turnover, children suffer. Many centers lose more than half of their staff each year. Centers paying the lowest wages lose the greatest number of teachers. Teachers can t afford to stay. There s got to be a better way.
Unionization fosters a stable, profes-sional workforce.
Glynnise Collins has worked in union and non-union day care facilities. By joining the union, I have increased health and retirement benefits as well as additional vacation, sick leave and the use of a sick leave bank. With the extra money I m earning, I can afford to splurge every now and then on new clothes to wear to work. Nicholas said there is nothing menial about the work child care providers do, except their wages. Female workers make an average of 50 percent more than child care teaching staff.