Threat of closure

Anger and tears at childminders’ meeting

108 childminders from the Aktion Tagesmütter OÖ association are threatened with dismissal, as René Schindlegger reports on Bild.(Bild: Wenzel Markus)

Upper Austria's largest association for childminders is facing partial closure. This is also about politics. What remains are the parents, who no longer have care for their children, and the childminders. Those affected tell the "Krone" what the impending closure means for them.

"Yes, of course I'll talk to the press!" Many employees of Aktion Tagesmütter OÖ are angry and sad at the same time before the works meeting on Friday - the "Krone" was there. One childminder is in tears mid-sentence, and everyone has a story to tell. As reported, 108 jobs and the childcare places of 480 children would be affected by the impending partial closure of the association. There are stories behind these figures. Like that of a young mother from Linz.