"Head Start Works Because We Do": Head Start Programs, Community Action Agencies, and the Struggle over Unionization



Grantees who are dealing with issues of unionization will find this law review article useful. Boston requires its city contractors to pay more than twice the federal minimum wage of $5.15 an hour to their employees, according to the terms of the city's "living wage" ordinance. Social service agencies that receive government subsidies to run their child care programs claimed they could not afford to pay this rate. To read PDF files, get here.

"Head Start Works Because We Do": Head Start Programs, Community Action Agencies, and the Struggle over Unionization In the summer of 2002, the city of Boston watched a fierce battle unfold between low-wage workers who provide child care and the social service agencies that employ them. Boston requires its city contractors to pay more than twice the federal minimum wage of $5.15 an hour to their employees, according to the terms of the city's "living wage" ordinance. Full text » [PDF, 188KB]

"Head Start Works Because We Do": Head Start Programs, Community Action Agencies, and the Struggle over Unionization. Pasachoff, Eloise. Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review. Pages 248 - 277. President and Fellows of Harvard College. 2003. English. [PDF, 188KB].