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Article: Child-care coup only a baby step for labor.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- January 7, 2006
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Byline: Stephen Franklin
Jan. 7--While the two children napped, Sandra Koen, who has seen her share of tough times, happily added up some recent good news.
She will be getting a $2-a-day pay hike come spring with health-care coverage down the road. She now has a union to lean on. And with the union's guidance, she is sure she will get a state child-care license, which will mean more money.
"Everything is just so much better," she said with a broad smile in the living room of her small South Side apartment, where she runs her tiny child-care center, earning just $9.48 per day per child. "If you are without a union, you are just on your own."
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