The “Save Daycare Centers!” coalition plans to hold a demonstration this coming Wednesday (June 24), coinciding with the state parliament session, to advocate for the preservation of daycare centers. “The situation at daycare centers in Saxony is reaching a boiling point,” the coalition wrote in a call to action. After years of a shortage of childcare workers, the sector now faces job cuts, forced part-time work, and facility closures.
GEW: Daycare staff fear for their jobs
“For years, young people have completed a long, unpaid training program to work in daycare centers. Now they have to fear for their jobs,” explained Burkhard Naumann, head of the Education and Science Union (GEW) in Saxony. The reasons, he said, are declining child enrollment, but above all the lack of willingness on the part of the state government and local authorities to retain staff and improve working conditions.
