A: There are three: The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) has 1.4 million members who include nurses, clericals, "blue-collar" workers, professionals, corrections personnel, technicians and caregivers. AFSCME members work in offices, schools and universities, corrections facilities, hospitals, government facilities, and child care centers. For further information, contact AFSCME at www.afscme.org/childcare or call Denise Dowell, Coordinator, Child Care Providers Together, at 215-964-0984. The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has 1.3 million members who include teachers; local, state, and federal employees; higher education faculty and staff; nurses and other healthcare professionals. They have an associate organization, First Class Teachers, that organizers early childhood educators, including family child care providers. For further information, contact AFT at www.firstclassteachers.org or 202-662-8005. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has 1.8 million members who include home health care workers, public school employees, nurses, doctors, hospital workers, workers in local government, state employees, security officers, janitors, and building service workers. For further information, contact SEIU at www.KidsFirstSEIU.org or 866-565-1465. Thanks to Tom Copeland - Redleaf Institute