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: 11/20/2005 2:15:00 PM Author: kathy (corkie_@msn.com) Subject: reference to mn you can leave out Minnesota, the 2 unions are barely visible and definietely not a "voice" or a "force" and have made no improvements at all! They have, however, gotten themselves a bad reputation among providers for pretending to be from the food program, licensing, and have followed schoolaged children in from the bus stop right into provider's homes. The doorknockers have tried ploys like "sign here to prove to my boss I was here" or "sign here to get more information". One tried it one me this summer. "Sign here to let people know providers deserve higher pay and benefits." But you actually sign to indicate a desire to join a union. Why the trickery, why not promote this on proven, actual money for providers? I would like to see actual health care policies that family child care providers receive through union membership. kathy Name: Email: Subject

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