'Harder than it was during COVID': Reason for childcare 'shutdown' today

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'Harder than it was during COVID': Reason for childcare 'shutdown' today
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Childcare centres will be closing down across the country today as staff walk off the job. 9News

Childcare workers say they are having a tougher time of it now than they did during the COVID-19 pandemic as the sector carries out a nationwide "shutdown" today.

Ruth Harper from East West Child Care in Melbourne said she hoped most parents would support the action."I know a number of centres in inner city Melbourne who can't get staff. It's been hard in rural and remote areas for a long time, it's hit the inner city.She said paying staff a "living wage" would help the industry attract and keep workers."I know that early childhood educators are voting with their feet and leaving the sector," Harper said.

"Early childhood educators perform a vital role in our society and have the respect of the parents and families they support. It's time for the federal government to respect educators too," Gibbons said.Early childcare workers will shut down centres across the nation tomorrow as they call for improved pay and work conditions.

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