MEMO: AUTOWORKERS BUILDING BETTER CHILD CARE CENTERS

As a recognition that happier employees are better workers, Ford Motor Co., parts maker Visteon Corp. and the United Auto Workers are combining forces to build centers around the country that will offer round-the-clock child care, educational classes and other services to their workers.

The Family Service and Learning Center program was born of Ford's 1999 contract agreement with the UAW, and company and union leaders on Tuesday unveiled their vision for the 30 centers slated to open in 14 states over the next several years.