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CHILD CARE: Let's make
it happen!
The Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC (CCCABC)
and the BC Government and Services Employees Union
(BCGEU) have launched a joint 3-year project to
support front line workers, families and communities
to ‘make child care happen’.
Solution to child care crisis a no-brainer
May 2008
Community Tool Kit
March 2008
Includes three backgrounder sheets on a universal child
care system for BC: Achievable, Accountable and Affordable. Read them, circulate them, talk about them. Use them for discussions in your communities and workplaces. Organize neighbourhood meetings. Talk to your local federal, provincial, and municipal politicians.
Speak Up for a Universal Child Care Solution in BC
March 2008
Kids can’t wait for child care in BC
Action needed, not more studies
February 2008
Proposed national child care legislation needs your support!
November 2007
Article: BC
municipalities call for restoration of government
child care funding
September 2007
The goals of the Project are to:
- Support the national “CODE
BLUE for Child Care” campaign
- Build support for a publicly funded, quality,
universal, not-for-profit community based child
care system in BC
- Strengthen the voices of advocates across
BC by building the membership and networking
base of the CCCABC
- Promote unionization of child care workers
as an essential part of our advocacy strategy
by encouraging workers to take out Special Associate
Membership in the BCGEU
The
Project began in the spring of 2006 with a tour
of BC communities where Town Hall meetings,
community outreach and Municipal Councils and
School Board lobbies will focus on saving federal
multi year funding for child care and ensuring
that BC moves from a user fee to a publicly funded
child care system.
Child Care and Unions – Taking
the next step!
In November 2003, the Coalition of Child Care
Advocates of BC formally agreed to actively promote
unionization as part of our strategy for achieving
a publicly funded, not-for-profit, high quality,
accessible, affordable child care system. Our
position is based on research that clearly demonstrates
the relationship between unionization and quality
child care.
Download the 2 page document: Child
Care and Unions Taking the next step!
Why
is the B.C. government silent on child care?
Nelson Daily News, 10 May 2006
Editorial – By George Heyman, BCGEU President
Related Research:
Unionization
and quality in early childhood programs
Doherty, Gillian and Forer, Barry (Sept 03)
The
union advantage in child care: How unionization
can help recruitment and retention
Kass, Jamie and Costigliola, Bozica (July 03)
Organizations
and Unions: Supporting the child care workforce
Child Care Human Resources Sector Council |
