Yukon daycare workers will make their funding concerns public early tomorrow morning as they march from Shipyards Park to the Yukon government main administration building.

Workers from across the territory will gather at 7:45 a.m., then make their way to the government building starting at 8 a.m.

Cyndi Desharnais chairs the Yukon Child Care Association and owns Care-A-Lot Daycare in Riverdale.

The rally is "about sustaining and improving licensed child care,” she said in an interview Wednesday.

"Currently, we have insufficient funding,” she said, adding that daycare operators haven't received a funding increase since 2007.

Desharnais said two letters have been sent to Doug Graham, the Minister of Health and Social Services, but they have not yet garnered a response. She believes the first one was sent sometime in June.

Among the daycare association's demands are:

• an annual three per cent increase to the Direct Operating Grant;

• a retroactive increase that would reflect five years of three per cent increases;

• an increase to the wage portion of the grant; and

• additional funding for supportive childcare programs.

In addition to the Whitehorse rally, rallies will also be held in some of the communities, Desharnais said.

Among those participating in the local rally will be NDP Leader Liz Hanson and Kate White, the NDP MLA for Takhini-Kopper King.

In a release this morning, the NDP called on the territorial government to ensure programming meets the needs of Yukon parents who need affordable child care, ensure wage funding is adequate, and review the child care subsidy system.

The NDP is also calling on the government to support various training options and provide incentives for workers to upgrade skills, promote high health, safety and program standards, including criminal record checks on all staff members, and work with the child care sector to find better child care facilities.