California
The California Work & Family Coalition is a collaborative of unions and community groups protecting every Californian’s right to a job and a life. We believe that no one should have to risk their job to take care of themselves or their families. We organize working families, raise public awareness to build family friendly workplaces in California, and focus on transforming California laws to provide all workers critical rights to:
- Paid sick days to treat personal illness, care for a sick family member and get preventive care;
- Affordable family and medical leave to treat serious and chronic health conditions and care for a seriously ill family member;
- Affordable pregnancy and bonding leave for new parents; and
- Workplaces free from discrimination and retaliation against workers with caregiving responsibilities.
Building on the success of California’s 2003 paid leave law, and the passage of the country’s first city-wide paid sick days law in San Francisco, the Coalition has developed a training on Family Leave Rights for new partners and for California residents, a Guide to Implementing Paid Family Leave that’s designed to inform other states interested in implementing a family leave insurance program drawing on lessons from California’s experience, and has just signed into law a bill requiring employers to continue to provide health coverage for women on pregnancy or childbirth-related leave.
Website
http://www.workfamilyCA.org
Contact
The California Work & Family Coalition is coordinated by the Labor Project for Working Families. For more information or to join the Coalition, contact the Labor Project at 510-643-7088 or email info@workfamilyCA.org
Partners
9to5 National Association of Working Women
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California
California Association of Caregiver Resource Centers
California Commission on the Status of Women
California Employment Lawyers Association
California Federation of Teachers
California Partnership
California Women’s Law Center
Communications Workers of America (CWA), District 9
Communications Workers of America (CWA), Local 9000
Community Labor Environmental Action Network (CLEAN)
Equal Rights Advocates
Family Caregivers Alliance/National Center for Caregiving
ILWU, Local 26
JERICHO, A Voice for Justice
Labor Project for Working Families
Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE)
Momsrising
Newport-Mesa Federation of Teachers, Local 1794
Orange County Labor Federation
Parent Voices
Restaurant Opportunities Center Los Angeles
Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 1021
Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 121RN
St. John’s Well Child and Family Center
United Auto Workers (UAW)
United Auto Workers (UAW), Local 2865
United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), Local 5
Women’s Economic Advancement Project