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Via Washington Policy Watch: Public News Service notes the irony: Over the weekend, working moms might have been treated to cards, flowers and even breakfast in bed. But today, life is back to normal – and for Washington women, that means earning less per hour on the job and receiving fewer workplace benefits than men. [...]

Via Washington Policy Watch: When citizen delegates from Washington State converged in Washington DC to urge their representatives to take action on paid family leave and paid sick days, Selena Allen of Tacoma (whose story EOI has profiled before), and EOI Policy Director Marilyn Watkins were interviewed by NPR reporter Jennifer Ludden: For millions of [...]

Vickie Underwood, a leader of 9to5 and the Atlanta coalition that’s part of the Family Values @ Work consortium, was featured on an NPR broadcast today about the need for flexibility in low-wage jobs. After working a full shift, Vickie needed to register her children for school. Her boss insisted she stay for another three [...]

Below are new PowerPoint Resources from the Multi-State Working Families Consortium.  Click on the images to view the presentations. Why We Need a New Standard of Paid Sick Days The following is a power point from the consortium that gives an overview of the need for and benefits of a new minimum standard of paid [...]

Below is a presentation Ellen Bravo gave on February 11th at the Think Big/Think Forward conference in Washington, DC.  In this time of economic crisis, there is no more important task than protecting working families. To download the PowerPoint file, click here. Thinking Big – Value Families at Work

Paid sick days won in Milwaukee by a landslide! On November 4, 69% of those voting on the initiative said, “Yes! Don’t make me choose between the job I need and the family I love.” For more information, go to http://www.paidsickdaysmke.org.