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CUPE child care workers along with Secretary-Treasurer Candace Rennick were on Parliament Hill today calling for a national child care workforce strategy.
Rennick and the National Child Care Working Group delivered thousands of petitions to Patty Hajdu, Minister of Jobs and Families, and Anna Gainey, Secretary of State for Children and Youth before sitting down with the Ministers to discuss their priorities.
The petitions were signed by child care workers and their supporters as part of CUPE’s Shine a Light campaign. They demanded that the federal government immediately fund a national workforce strategy and work with provinces and territories to improve wages and working conditions for child care workers.
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The average hourly wage for an early childhood educator in Canada is under $25.00. Few have access to a pension and many don’t even have health and dental benefits. Since the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care plan, some provinces and territories have taken steps to improve wages and benefits but they are still far too low.
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