Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 11/13/2005 8:51:00 PM Author: Melissa Subject: Corporate Chains After doing research for a college paper I'm writing, I came across information stating that large chains like Kindercare (as namely stated in my sources) are the main perpetrators in minimum wage salaries. Privatly owned and non-profit centers paid much higher wages, nearly double the minimum wage. Reasons being chains have share-holders to keep happy and owners' wallets to fill. They have to sell a product. I'm not sure why non-profit and private owned centers pay higher wages however. Perhaps there are some theories, but the big chains seem to be the cause of most workers grief. I myself work at a big chain center and only make 7.35 an hour; salaries are capped at 9.50 (even for directors!). As for the unions organizing in New York and Pennsylvania, I'm located in New Jersey and I haven't heard anything about a union here. I believe a union would do much more good then harm, as some of you have mentioned. Name: Email: Subject

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