Word: turnoveritis
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Not all day-care centers are so conscientious. Day-care staffers rank in the lowest 10% of U.S. wage earners, a fact that contributes to an average turnover rate of 36% a year. Says Caroline Zinsser of the Center for Public Advocacy Research in Manhattan: "It says something about our...
Businesses that have made the investment in child care say it pays off handsomely by reducing turnover and absenteeism. A large survey has shown that parents lose on average eight days a year from work because of child-care problems and nearly 40% consider quitting. Studies at Merck suggest that...
"It's the deposit that's killing the working poor," says Mary Lee, an attorney with the Western Center on Law and Poverty. "You're talking about $1,200 even in the cheapest neighborhoods." The waiting list for public housing approaches 17,000, according to Leila Gonzalez-Correa, executive director...
But despite the union's recent victories, it still faces some major obstacles. The support staff undergoes a tremendously high turnover rate, about 25 percent a year, and most staff leave in the summer.
Over the summer HUCTW plans to organize fasterthan the turnover, Rondeau says. HUCTW will expandits group of full-time organizers, from 10 to 16.