Why Should Directors Join SEIU?
“Unions”-–what emotion does that conjure up in you? For me, growing up, union was a distasteful word in our home, suggesting anything from “violence and rioting” to “lazy, dissatisfied working class, always on strike”! Until fairly recently it never occurred to me that one day I would see a union in an entirely different light. I have been involved in the child care business on and off for over thirty-six years, directing centers in two different Washington cities and now as a Program Supervisor in a large center in SeaTac. My passion is Children, with a large “C” with my Teachers a close second. Our society is very good at saying how important young children are, but when it comes to the allocation of resources, this appears to be lip service only. We hear repeatedly how the first five years of a child’s life is the most crucial for development and yet it costs much more per hour to fix a toilet than to invest in a child. As I have talked with my fellow directors and teachers over the
