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5 a.

m. start could help construction, hospitality workers 

By Shira Schoenberg

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Sep 30, 2020

CHRISTINA MORRIS AND her partner, Boston residents who are both union carpenters, are raising four children ages two to 10. On the days they have to be at work by 7 a.m. – some days it’s earlier — the adults wake up at 4 a.m. at their Hyde Park home to get ready and pack lunches, then they wake the kids up at 4:45. They leave by 5:30 a.m., drop the younger kids at their grandmother’s house, then the older kids get a 6:30 a.m. bus to school. Morris and her partner hop on the Silver Line to work. 

Morris said the situation “isn’t ideal.” Everything – waking up, leaving the house, catching public transportation – must go seamlessly for them to make it to work on time. The grandmother who is watching the two toddlers is also taking care of her elderly mother and has her own doctor’s appointments. 

“Each time she’s not able to watch the children means my partner or I have to take time off work, which jeopardizes our careers,” Morris said. 

A union-backed coalition, with help from the city of Boston, is launching a pilot program to provide childcare in the early morning, for workers in industries like construction that do not have standard work hours. 

Morris plans to be among the first participants. She said until now, she could not find childcare with early enough hours for her two younger children. Early start childcare, she said, will provide more reliable childcare and peace of mind that she will not have to miss work as often.  

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and Care That Works announced the program at a virtual press conference on Wednesday. Care That Works, a campaign to advocate for policies that provide affordable and accessible childcare to working families, is a project of Community Labor United, a coalition of unions and community organizing groups.  

The city of Boston is contributing $25,000. 

Walsh said the COVID-19 pandemic “shined a bright light” on the many inequities in society, particularly hurting women and people of color. To create a more just and equitable society, Walsh said, requires the city “to show childcare is a public good, and it’s our collective responsibility.” 

Jynai McDonald, family coordinator for SEIU Local 509, which represents childcare workers, said the program will begin with five family childcare providers in Boston who will offer care beginning at 5 a.m. or 5:30 a.m. The coalition plans to recruit more providers to expand the program. 

Care That Works will provide stipends to the providers to make the schedule adjustment, and families will pay the standard rate that the provider charges – which ranges from $290 to $400 a week for full-time care.  

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Shira Schoenberg is a reporter at CommonWealth magazine. Shira previously worked for more than seven years at the Springfield Republican/MassLive. com where she covered state politics and elections, covering topics as diverse as the launch of the legal marijuana industry, problems with the state’s foster care system and the elections of U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Gov. Charlie Baker. Shira won the Massachusetts Bar Association’s 2018 award for Excellence in Legal Journalism and has had several stories win awards from the New England Newspaper and Press Association. Shira covered the 2012 New Hampshire presidential primary for the Boston Globe. Before that, she worked for the Concord (N.H.) Monitor, where she wrote about state government, City Hall and Barack Obama’s 2008 New Hampshire primary campaign. Shira holds a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

Lindsay McCluskey, deputy director of Community Labor United, said the pilot program will last for three years and could then become permanent. She could not say how many childcare slots will be available, since the number is likely to fluctuate depending on how many providers there are and how many children each provider can accept.  Care That Works is working with several unions to find interested families.  

While organizers said the program fills a need that existed even before coronavirus hit, the pandemic only exacerbated the challenges facing families when parents work non-standard hours. McCluskey said there is likely to be a backsliding in women’s economic progress, as women have tended to bear the brunt of childcare during the pandemic. “I hope this can keep women in the workforce and open new doors to women who haven’t been able to pursue good jobs in fields like construction or hospitality,” McCluskey said. 

But all parents will benefit. During the press conference, construction apprentice Matthew Hamilton said in a video message that as a single father with custody of his 5-year-old son and no local friends or family who can act as caregivers, he considered switching fields in order to be a better dad. Hamilton said Care That Works helped him find childcare beginning at 5 a. m. “They allowed me to continue my career and be a dad,” he said. “That’s absolutely priceless to me.”

Memo for parents

MADOU “Kindergarten No. 131 of the combined type” Privolzhsky district of Kazan “Dragonfly”

1. In “DRAGONFLY” everyone respects each other, therefore they wish health, i.e. say hello. Well, if you don’t want to wish health to a particular person, then you still need to be polite and at least state the time of day: good afternoon, good evening, etc.

2. Kindergarten is open from 7.00 to 17.30.

3. Entrance to the kindergarten with an electronic key . The key is issued after the conclusion of the contract. We give you 1 key for free, this is property for children, when you leave for school, you hand over the key. But if one key is not enough for you, you can take a receipt for paying for an additional key. When you graduate from school, it remains with you, we simply block it.

4. Don’t forget the key !!! Remember, you won’t get home without a key either, the same here.

5. Breakfast in kindergarten from 8.20 to 8.50 (very quickly, as you can see), and if you are late, the little man (and be left without porridge) will have to endure until lunch. In such cases, bring the child full!!! The beginning of the day is very important, try not to be late . Imagine this situation: morning 8 hours 55 minutes. The guys almost all ate and are preparing for the lesson, and suddenly: “Hello …! Oh, you know, we didn’t have breakfast, and here’s a pajama, and here are spare mittens, and here’s another … ”, that is, the teacher must accept the child, listen to all the recommendations, feed and … and what about the other children who came on time, But what about them, that they will wait for the latecomer. What is the conclusion from this situation? That’s right, arrive on time. Respect others ! When you are in a team – “I” is the last letter in the alphabet! Lay the treasure not at 12 o’clock at night, but no later than 22. 00, feed the little man in the morning if you are already late anyway. At 9:00 am, the class is in progress, and you just came in … Undress quietly, if there are important recommendations, write a note and bring your little man into the group very quietly, and try not to be late again. A kindergarten is a relatively secure institution, with its own rules and it is not necessary to treat it like an overexposure cell!

In the morning, in the kindergarten, the parents dress the children and do not entrust their responsibility to the teacher, referring to the fact that they have no time, they are late. Do not distract the teacher from other kids!!! It is not safe!!!!!! So plan your morning.

6. The child’s clothes should be seasonal and one in which he (and the teacher) “will not do anything” if she, the clothes, to put it mildly, get dirty. Of course, the teacher makes sure that the wards do not become like Nif-Nif with Naf-Naf, but … children are free people.

There should be T-shirts (2), panties (2), spare tights, socks, a change of clothes in the closet, if there is an “accident” while eating and not only … Be sure to check the neatness of things, do not forget to take away your pajamas and sportswear and we don’t even mention the daily change of clothes. Shoes must be true to size. Leave slippers for home, children, of course, feel at home here, but let the shoes be “not slippers”.

The children go for walks twice a day. What to do if it’s cold today and your treasure came out after the sick leave. Can’t go for a walk? Unfortunately, you can’t walk at all. Let’s explain why. Firstly, the group needs to be aired and quartzed, and secondly, with whom will the little man be with when the nanny goes for food or cleans the floors?

7. It’s time for lunch. We omit lamentations like: I don’t eat this, I won’t have soup with this, I’ll only have broth, and I’ll only compote, here we are talking about time. Here he sits, resting his head on his palm, and slowly, slowly rolls a piece of cutlet from his right cheek to his left. A familiar picture? What to do? Nothing, let him roll for now … But you need to pay attention !!! As soon as most of the little men have eaten, it is the turn of the lingering ones – the “ambulance spoon” in the hands of the teacher comes to the rescue.

8. The state of health of the child is determined by the external signs of the educator, and if something confuses him, then from the dialogue with the doctor “do not get out.” We kindly ask you to be extremely correct with teachers and doctors, understand that we have no interest in sending a child home. But if “snot” and coughing do not frighten you as a mother, then another mother may have her own opinion, different from yours. A we care about all children and their health . In case of illness of the child, you need to notify the teacher of the group and the doctors of the institution about the reason for the absence until 8. 00 !!!!!