Despite recent harassment of child care providers in California, CCPU members came together across Southern California this past weekend to support one another, share tips for responding to unwanted visitors, and send a clear message--we won't be intimidated!

CCPU is making a difference here in CA – the Union’s contract will keep doors open and protect access to care in the face of federal threats to child care funding, and we'll keep fighting to protect providers. https://bit.ly/4tEgVdu

Who relies on subsidized child care? Nurses, delivery drivers, farmworkers, fast food workers, and more. Quality affordable child care can't be sustainable without fair pay for child care providers.

🚨📢Child care providers celebrate the introduction of landmark legislation to address historic pay inequities. AB 1981 by Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry will ensure families aren’t left waiting for care and providers aren’t left scrounging pennies to pay their bills.

The fight for fair pay will be worth it. Become a member of CCPU to join the fight. ✊ https://childcareprovidersunited.org/join/

Families and providers cannot afford to be sucked into political games. Call congress NOW to demand an end to proposed child care funding freezes. Our message is clear. Hands off child care. ‼️ Click the link to call now! https://childcareproviders.quorum.us/campaign/153690/

Child care providers often have to forgo our own salaries to afford the costs of running our businesses. It's time the State of California paid us for the true cost of care.

This Valentines Day, we're reminding #CALeg and Governor @GavinNewsom that love can't pay our bills. It's time for #fairpay

San Diego legislators Assemblymember Chris Ward, @senakilahweber.bsky.social, @asmtasha.bsky.social, Senator Catherine Blakespear, and Senator Steve Padilla are standing with child care providers to condemn the harassment and hate targeting Somali providers. (1/7)

Thank you, @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov!

Child care providers fought hard to win this funding for providers affected by the LA fires, but our work isn't done. #CALeg & @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social must finalize this funding. TY: @laist.com#CALeg https://bit.ly/3ZdL9WM

Child care providers are united against hate. Our members stand in unity with our Somali sisters facing baseless attacks. Fear-mongering has no place in our communities.

Hands off child care! A child care funding freeze would destabilize an already fragile child care system, and put millions of families and children at risk. 🚨Tell California elected officials to demand an end to federal funding freezes: http://ccpu.click/makeacall

Fantastic news! This victory means that funding to providers and services to families will not be disrupted for the duration of the lawsuit, or unless a higher court intervenes. apnews.com/article/soci...

Nobody should live in fear of harassment. Somali child care providers are pillars of our communities who provide quality care for working families. We won't stand for this unwarranted harassment targeting our members. https://www.thenation.com/article/society/childcare-nick-shirley-vigilantes/

Child care is rooted in Black history. Black and Brown women were some of the first child care providers and continue to make up the majority of the workforce, but we are still undervalued and underpaid. We need to get paid for the full cost of care NOW and will not back down in our fight.

Child care can't wait 📣 Governor @gavinnewsom.bsky.social budget proposal lacks funding to get families off of subsidy waitlists and into child care so parents can work while their children receive a quality early education. TY: @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/s...

Child care providers are filling transportation gaps for California's working families. Without us, parents who work long or early hours, like truck drivers and farm workers, wouldn't be able take their kids to school or pick them up after work.

What does fair pay for child care providers look like? 👉 Pay that covers the true cost of care 👉 Pay that is on time 👉 Pay that is consistent!

Child care providers are standing together to call on our courts to REJECT the federal government's threats to freeze child care funding. This unlawful funding freeze will cause severe harm to the communities we serve, including low-income and single-parents!

Defunding child care is an attack on child care providers and working families. 🚨 Child care providers are joining hands with @democracyforward.org to challenge the politically driven attack on child care and family assistance that will harm our communities and the families we serve.

Without affordable child care, many working parents would be squeezed out of the workforce. Strong communities rely on fair pay for quality child care.

We don't have to imagine this @gavinnewsom.bsky.social because California has been paying us less than $7.25 an hour for DECADES. IT'S time to pay us for the FULL cost of providing care so we can keep our doors open for California's working families.

In remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr., we look to his wisdom for inspiration and his dedication to organizing for encouragement. It takes time and perseverance to change systems, but we know that when we show up united as one voice, we can overcome even the greatest hurdles.

We heard 2016 is trending 👀 Ten years ago we were still fighting to form our union! Flash forward to 2026 and we’re standing strong together to ensure providers are paid the true cost of care.

Our fight brings us into community and we stand hand in hand as we push forward to winning fair pay for the hours we spend caring for our communities.

We’ll continue fighting to protect access to care for working families — no politically, racist fueled attacks can stop us. ✊

CA must continue to build on our progress to ensure access to child care is protected! We look forward to working with the @cawomenscaucus.bsky.social, legislative leaders, and Governor @gavinnewsom.bsky.social to protect access to quality affordable child care for working families.

Child care providers stand with @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov to protect families and workers against blatant attacks on affordable child care! We'll fight to ensure that California families do not lose access to care and for the safety of providers and the children they care for.

We won't stand for threats against child care providers and the families we serve. Access to affordable quality child care is essential to keep parents in their jobs and to give kids quality early learning opportunities.

Donald Trump plans to illegally cut all federal funding for child care, throwing parents into disarray and forcing them to choose between going to work or taking care of their children. California invests in our children and families. We will not let them fall behind.

When child care is under attack families are under attack and we WILL fight back! 📣📣 CCPU and California Legislative Women's Caucus have long partnered to secure funding to address families and providers child care needs.

Our dream? Fair pay for the providers who uphold the fourth largest economy in the world.

Threatening to freeze federal child care funding and overturning stabilization policies, along with harassment of providers of Somali descent in Minnesota and beyond, are direct threats on working families of all backgrounds who rely on access to quality, affordable child care.

Welcome back to session, #CALeg! We look forward to working hand in hand this year to ensure providers finally get fair pay for providing quality care to California's working families!

Happy new year from #CCPUCalifornia! We're excited for another year of standing strong together to fight for fair and consistent pay!

2026 is around the corner and our path forward is clear, the children and families we care for are counting on us to stabilize the child care system! Read about our recommendations for stabilizing child care: https://childcareprovidersunited.org/our-2026roadmap-jlmc-recommendations/

Reminder! By standing together this year, our union won two one-time payments that the State is required to deliver on or by January 1, 2026. Reach out to your local organizer with any questions!

Happy holidays from Child Care Providers United and thank you to the providers who are continuing to work over the holidays to ensure working parents can continue to provide for their families.

Ending the year STRONG, child care providers submitted our recommendations to the state of California for a pathway to the true cost of care! Our demand was clear: pay for our work must be in line with our vital role in lifting up the fourth largest economy in the world.

Child care providers are a lifeline for our communities, making it possible for parents with unpredictable schedules to keep their jobs by offering door-to-door transportation & connecting them to resources. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-12-22/women-child-care-providers-south-l-a

40% of child care providers in Altadena lost their homes in the Eaton fire, including union sister Audrey Hernández. #CALeg: when providers close, working families lose access to care. CA must increase disaster planning to protect providers & families!

Providers shouldn't have to forgo paying themselves in order to keep their doors open! The State of California must ensure providers are paid for the true cost of providing care. We look forward to working with you on this issue Assemblymember Schiavo.

What is the true cost of care? CCPU provider Gloria shares all of the costs she's forced to cover out of her already low pay to keep her child care running. Every day the state doesn't move to the #truecost of care leaves us struggling to get by.

It's time child care providers were paid for the #truecostofcare. We appreciate you standing by providers Assemblymember Nguyen! Child care providers have submitted our reccomendations to the state for moving to the true cost of care this year.

Child care providers go above and beyond for working families. We appreciate you standing with providers Assemblymember Aguiar Curry and look forward to working together to move to the #truecostofcare!

When we fight we win! 💪💪Child care providers traveled from around the state to Sacramento to testify in front of the Assembly Select Committee on Child Care Costs today to advocate for #fairpay for quality child care. Stay tuned for opportunities to join the fight!

Child care providers are at the Capitol today to make our voices heard! For decades, providers have delivered child care at a loss because the state only pays us 30% of what it costs to provide care—putting a strain on families & providers alike.

Today! Child care providers and allies will testify and provide public comment to the Assembly Select Committee on Child Care Costs on how we meet families where they are, how we support the central valley workforce, and how we meet the needs of all 4 year olds.

Child care providers have gone underpaid for too long! 🚨 We shouldn't have to sacrifice our health, savings, or future to continue providing quality care to families.