Early Childhood Focus

Parents Weigh Child Care Options Online

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:32:14 PST

A new mother, Poli Marinova set out to find the best possible day-care provider for her infant son. She had little trouble finding a list of nearby caregivers, but she discovered there was no easy way to check their track records in Maryland.

Gansler To Appeal Child Care Unionization Ruling

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:51:35 PST

The Maryland attorney general is stepping into a battle that's been brewing for more than three years regarding the idea of day care providers unionizing.

Maryland Increases Subsidies for Child-Care Costs

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:37:36 PST

Many parents feel the strains of paying for child care, but such costs can be staggering for low-income workers, rivaling the rent or mortgage payment for the biggest chunk of the family budget.

Child care providers fight unionization

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:35:24 PST

Though a decision is still pending on a lawsuit to block an executive order by Gov. Martin O'Malley to allow for the unionization of child care, local providers are waiting for the ruling they feel could influence their profession.

Child-care workers OK union effort

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:05:47 PST

About 80 percent of Maryland�s home-based child-care providers have voted to give themselves the right to join a union, leaders with the Service Employees International Union said this week.

But state Circuit Court Judge Dexter M. Thompson Jr. in Cecil County issued a temporary restraining order Monday that could nullify the election. Thompson�s ruling stays the executive order by Gov. Martin O�Malley (D) that allowed the mail-in unionization election.

Child care providers in Md. vote for union

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:24:31 PST

Maryland's nearly 6,000 home-based child care providers have voted to form a union that they say will provide needed training and ensure better reimbursement rates.

Family child care providers expect to join union

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:41:17 PST

After three years of organizing and lobbying, the results of a vote to unionize some 6,000 family child care providers is expected today.

If the election is successful, Maryland will join 10 states, including Illinois, Washington and Oregon, that have unionized since 2005, and family child care providers in the state will become members of the Service Employees International Union Local 500, or SEIU.

Judge halts O'Malley order to unionize child care workers

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:38:41 PST

A Maryland judge yesterday issued a temporary restraining order against Gov. Martin O'Malley's administration, saying the governor acted unconstitutionally in signing an executive order to unionize child care workers.

Demand for child care increasing

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:40:03 PST

Child care workers to vote

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:14:22 PST

The state of Maryland certified an election this week that could give collective bargaining rights to thousands of its child care workers.