Iowa AFSCME Drive to Organize Registered Home Childcare ProvidersMark Smith, President of the Iowa Federation of Labor (AFL-CIO) has announced that AFSCME Council 61 is conducting a vigorous campaign to organize registered home childcare providers.
Joining AFSCME will not only provide those workers with a strong voice at work, which will improve the delivery of childcare services in Iowa, but will also provide sorely needed improvements in wages and benefits.
The 180,000 Iowa children who are in some form of childcare each day as well as the workers who provide this care will be much better off when the workers have the dignity that comes from a union contract.
In the next few days you could help AFSCME in this effort by encouraging persons you know who are registered home childcare providers to sign up.
Call Carolyn at AFSCME (515-246-1517) for more information.
Resource: Iowa Federation of Labor
