SEIU Kids First Minnesota - Strong Voice for Quality Child Care

Signup for Email Updates

Skip to content
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Counties We Represent
  • News
  • For Providers
  • In Our Own Words
  • Contact Us
Skip to content

Rochester Post-Bulletin | Child Care Providers Should Decide for Themselves

Julie-Rustan

“The children I care for deserve an honest discussion about the challenges that I face in operating my business. Unfortunately, those against forming a union have decided instead to provide child care providers and the general public with a series of lies and distortions. Most of these are related to decisions that haven’t been made yet, choices that we will make together in a democratic process once the union is formed. When speculation — like the amount of union dues a provider will pay, the membership of the union or the possible scope of activities — is presented as fact, providers receive false and deceptive information.”

Continue reading →

Featured Post:

MPR News Investigation: “We Set Our Own Dues, We Make Our Own Decisions”

When day care provider Sue Winn was first approached about joining a union, she was skeptical. “We didn’t know if they were going to come in and force us to do things that we didn’t want to do, whether the dues were going to be really high,” said Winn, who takes care of kids in her home north of Seattle, Washington. But eventually, Winn came around.

READ THE FULL POST →

Recent Items:

MPR PoliGraph: Lawmaker’s Claim on Daycare Union Misses

MPR News | Uneven Support Among Opponents of Child Care Workers

NY Times: Child Care Subsidies Drop When Families Need Them Most

Statement Regarding Ramsey County Court Decision

Statement Regarding Ramsey County Hearing

  1. Julie-Rustan
    Rochester Post-Bulletin | Child Care Providers Should Decide for Themselves
  2. kelly martini
    St. Cloud Times | Kelly Martini: Child Care Union Helps Kids
  3. dayton
    Dayton orders union vote by child care providers
  4. conventionsolidarity
    We’re on Our Way to a Better Day for Child Care!
  5. Groceries
    Tell Congress to Leave the Food Program Alone!
  6. kid pic 1
    MinnPost: “All of Us Ought to Be Yelling at the Top of Our Lungs”
  7. convention
    Daycare Providers, Parents, Supporters Stand Together in Favor of Unions
  8. kids activity
    Star Tribune Commentary: Union Would Benefit Providers and Children
  9. copeland
    New from Tom Copeland: Putting Democracy to Work
  10. MichelleMorehouse
    A Seat at the Table
  11. SAMSUNG
    A Union Can Help Us Achieve Our Goals
  12. Elizabeth Bryiski
    Quality Child Care Starts With Us
  13. Paige Morgan
    “This Isn’t Babysitting”
  14. angela.noble
    “No More Important Work”
  15. carol_questions
    Questions and Answers
  16. us_map_bookshelf
    The Results Are In: Success in Other States
  17. SharonBorn
    Sharon Born: It Can Be Better

Take Action

  • FOLLOW US ON TWITTER
  • LIKE US ON FACEBOOK
  • VIEW OUR PHOTOSTREAM
  • VISIT OUR YOUTUBE PAGE

In Our Own Words: Michelle Morehouse

In Our Own Words: Cassie Strain

A Way Forward

In Our Own Words: Sharon Born

Raising Kids, Raising Communities

Flickr

RSS Tom Copeland’s Taking Care of Business

  • The Categories of Depreciation
  • Tom Copeland Speaks at Family Child Care Institute
  • What is Depreciation?
  • Questions Your Tax Preparer Must Answer Correctly
  • First Impressions Count: Marketing Your Business
  • Tax Professional Websites That Can Help You
  • 2011 Tax Update Webinar
  • How to Find a Tax Professional
  • EXPIRES JANUARY 31ST! Special Offer from the National Association for Family Child Care!
  • How to Claim Expenses When You Aren't in Business a Full Year

Early Learning

  • Birth to Thrive
  • Child Care Works
  • Early Ed Watch
  • National Women's Law Center
  • Ready 4 K

Labor Movement

  • American Rights at Work
  • SEIU Early Learning
  • Workday Minnesota

More Information

  • Minnesota DHS Child Care Information
  • National Women's Law Center
  • SEIU Early Learning
  • SEIU Local 284
  • Tom Copeland

Provider Resources

  • Child Care Works
  • Minnesota CCAP Providers Guide
  • Minnesota DHS Child Care Information
  • MN Child Care Resource and Referral Network
  • National Association for Family Child Care
  • National Women's Law Center
  • Ready 4 K
  • Tom Copeland's "Taking Care of Business" Blog

Recent Posts

  • MPR PoliGraph: Lawmaker’s Claim on Daycare Union Misses
  • MPR News | Uneven Support Among Opponents of Child Care Workers
  • NY Times: Child Care Subsidies Drop When Families Need Them Most
  • MPR News Investigation: “We Set Our Own Dues, We Make Our Own Decisions”
  • Rochester Post-Bulletin | Child Care Providers Should Decide for Themselves

Archives

  • December 2011
  • November 2011
  • October 2011
SEIU Kids First Minnesota