Two labor organizations and a grassroots advocacy group are seeking to unionize 52,000 home day care providers across the state. The New York City and state teachers' unions, along with community group ACORN, will urge the State Legislature to pass a bill that would enable the workers to unionize. The day care providers look after and educate 3 to 12 children each day at their homes. The groups said some New York City workers earn $19,990 a year.
See "Care Providers Need a Union, 3 Groups Say", Steven Greenhouse, The New York Times, July 14, 2005