URGENT We need your help and support Theme: Solidarity Press Conference in Support of National Day without Child Care. Focused on CCPU’s fight for Retirement, Health Care and Paid Time Off Time: 6:30-7 am (ask participants to arrive by 6:15 am) Location: Governor’s Office @ the Ronald Reagan Building 300 S. Spring St. LA 90013 Parking: Parking Lot on corner of Spring and 3rd or parking lot on Main st. between 3rd & 4th On Monday, May 9th, child care providers and parents are joining together with allies across local communities in California to call attention to the critical role child care plays in the lives of families and our economies. Childcare providers and families from across the country have been fighting for generations for equitable access to affordable child care and better pay and working conditions for providers. Our Demands for the 5/9 Day Without Child Care in California Action: Keep providers' doors open for families! Stabilize providers by funding health care & retirement that addresses providers' needs. By ensuring that dedicated providers have the same basic benefits and protections as other essential workers, current providers will be able to keep their doors open, new providers will be enticed to join the profession, and working parents will have more options for quality, affordable care. Keep child care affordable for working families! Waive family fees and reimburse providers in full. Waiving family fees keeps $50M or more in the pockets of working families to afford basics. Continue to increase provider pay and add funding to serve more eligible families. We join with allies across the country in this National Day of Action to demand more funding from our elected officials to address families & providers' needs. We will be calling on California's leaders to fund a more equitable child care system in this year's budget