California inks contract with new 40,000-member child care union

The pandemic caused a “she-cession,” rather than a recession, by disproportionately pulling women out of the workforce — often for lack of child care, said state Sen. Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley), who heads the Senate Budget Committee. With the new law, “women and parents can get back to work in California,” she said.

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