Come and Join us for:

Child Care Providers Together - Local 373

First Annual Meeting and Convention!

April 24th& 25th 2009 at the Holiday Inn Hotel & Convention Center located at 1001 Amber Avenue in Stevens Point.

 Workshops offered:

Fri 6:00-9:30 pm     *CPR with AED (Please add $10 if you require the CPR book)

Sat 7:00-10:30am    *CPR with AED (Max 12 participants per CPR class)

Sat 7:30-9:00am      *Boys, Boys, Boys

Sat 9:15-10:45am    *Taking Care of Yourself

Sat 11:00-12:30pm  *Licensing Rules Updates

                                 *Learn How to Influence Change in Our Field

Sat 1:30-3:00pm      *Paperwork stress? Make organizing your paperwork easy!

                                 *Can We Build it? Yes, We Can! 

Sat 3:15-4:45pm      *Learn More About Accreditation & QRIS 

Sat 5-6pm –WICCPT Local 373 - First Annual Meeting

Sat 7pm Banquet Dinner

For more information please contact us at 1-877-772-4453 ext. 222 or by e-mail at wiccpt@afscmecouncil40.org.  Please RSVP by April 20^th 2009 by printing out the attached registration form at the following link: Registration Form. Please send your form along with your payment to:

AFSCME- CCPT

Attn: Silke O'Donnell

8033 Excelsior Drive Suite B

Madison WI 53717

AFSCME perspective on the budget  

AFSCME members understand that the nation’s sour economy helped create a nearly $6 billion budget shortfall projected for 2009-2011.  That deficit threatens public services at a time when working families need them most. 

Governor Doyle’s proposed budget eliminates the deficit by combining spending cuts and new sources of revenue while optimizing federal aid under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act.  We think this is a sound approach to fixing the budget deficit.  We accept that some cuts are necessary to get the state out of the red.

But union members also know that many services have been under-funded for years because of shrinking revenues caused in part by loopholes in our state tax code.  Our members also understand that these loopholes force working families to pay more than their share of the cost of public services. 

To see Budget talking points please click here: Talking Points

To see Child Care Specific Talking Points click here: CCPT Talking Points

 Joint Finance Committee Taking the Show on the Road

AFSCME members are encouraged to attend the legislature's hearings on the state budget. Come tell lawmakers of your concerns about how budget cuts affect the public services you provide. The location and times are listed below.   These important meetings will set the course for funding vital services over the next several years!  

The hearings will last from 10 a.m. through 4:00 p.m. at these locations:

• Monday, March 23: Sparta. American Legion Hall, 1116 Angelo Road.
• Wednesday, March 25: West Allis. State Fair Park, Banquet Rm 2, 640 s. 84th St.
• Friday, March 27: Eau Claire. UW-Eau Claire Haas Fine Arts Center, 121 Water St.
• Monday, March 30. Racine. Case High School Theater. 7345 Washington Ave.
• Wednesday, April 1. Appleton. Lawrence University Stansbury Theater, 420 College Ave.
• Friday, April 3. Cambridge. Amundson Community Center, 200 Spring St