“I've sat back and, in ways, considered: ‘Should I just close my doors?’' one child care worker said. 'But then it's hard. It's hard to say I'm going to close my doors on all these families that still need me.”
Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, the $2 trillion bill signed by President Donald Trump
“We’re normally used to going to maybe two or three stores, but now I’m happy if I go to five or six to find everything I need,” Edwards said. “I let them know if a kid comes in with a runny nose, slight cough, whatever: They’re going to be sent straight home,” she said."And they can’t come back — even if I know they have allergies — until I have a doctor’s clearance from the parents.”
The workers hoped that the union would provide better and more reliable health insurance when California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law in October allowing them to organize under the state.“A lot of things are now in question, and in the last recession we saw significant cuts in child care programs,” Ken Jacobs, chair of the University of California, Berkeley, Labor Center said. “But workers having an organization will make them a stronger force as the state determines which direction to go in.
Though many were happy to hear that news, workers said one of the greatest challenges is still acquiring the supplies.
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