A program in D.C. raised the wages of child care workers. How's it going now?
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A program in D.C. raised the wages of child care workers. How's it going now?

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A program in D.C. raised the wages of child care workers. SCOTT DETROW, HOST: Three years ago, council members in Washington D.C. voted to raise taxes on D.C.'s wealthiest earners in part to raise the wages of child care workers. A year earlier, the D.C. Council had voted to create the Pay Equity Fund through a tax hike on D.C.'s highest earners. About 4,000 D.C. child care workers have benefited from the Pay Equity Fund. HSU: Yves-Carmel Decelian-Cadet says you can't ask someone who's been making $25 an hour to take a $5 pay cut.

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How D.C. tackled a child care crunch through a tax hike on the rich
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How D.C. tackled a child care crunch through a tax hike on the rich

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How D.C. tackled a child care crunch through a tax hike on the rich toggle caption Caroline Gutman for NPR WASHINGTON, D.C. — When Boniece Gillis first heard rumblings that child care workers across the city might be getting some kind of significant pay bump, she tried to keep her excitement in check. Owen Schochet, a researcher with Mathematica, calculated …

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