#Budget2020: Putting Pay on the Agenda
Print Media Coverage
The Irish Times: Working in childcare: “at the end of the day I can’t pay my bills”
Sunday Business Post: Zappone seeking budget fund to help childcare providers pay ‘living wage’
Journal.ie: ‘We’re seen as glorified babysitters’: Survey finds 94% of childcare workers can’t make ends meet
Irish Times: Underpaid, overworked: ‘Glorified babysitters’ will take no more
Irish Examiner: Almost half of childcare workers actively seeking another job, research reveals
Limerick Leader: Union budget submission in limerick to shine light on creche workers’ plight
The Times: 90% of childcare workers ready to leave over pay
Kilkenny People: Cross-party support in Kilkenny for SIPTU Childcare Campaign
Irish Independent: ‘Childcare staff pay for supplies from own pocket — and few get maternity pay’
Irish Independent: Childcare workers demand radical changes as many live in poverty
The Early Childhood Workforce Initiative: Irish early years professionals undervalued and underpaid
Irish Examiner: Parents will be ‘left to pick up the pieces’ until under-investment in childcare tackled
SIPTU: Pre-Budget Lobbying Campaign
BUDGET REACTION
SIPTU: SIPTU to escalate campaign after failure of budget 2020 to address crisis
Irish Times: Childcare workers and some lone parents dismayed at €94m package
Irish Mirror: SIPTU blasts Budget over childcare crisis
Irish Examiner: #Budget2020 reaction: SIPTU slams ‘muddled, contradictory and regressive’ budget
Nursery World: Irish childcare crisis laid bare in report
Breaking News: Crisis in Childcare
Head Topics: Crisis in Childcare
VIDEO
SIPTU Video: Launch of Budget 2020 Campaign
SIPTU Video: Delivering ‘protest postcards’ to Paschal
SIPTU Video: Presentation to politicians at Lenister House
SIPTU Video: Launch of Early Years Professionals’ Survey
SIPTU Video: Launch of Early Years Professionals Survey — Political Support
SIPTU Video: National Committee & Protest Postcard Campaign
SIPTU Video: Galway budget 2020 campaign meeting
