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Tag: Family Leave Insurance

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September 28, 2023

Tuning in for Families

By Sammy Chavin-Grant, Federal Strategy Director at FV@W Last night I joined millions of Americans in watching the second Republican National Convention Presidential debate. While…
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July 16, 2018

Real Paid Leave Values All Care

The most rewarding part of my job is talking with people who are fighting for paid leave. They experience some life event that requires care…
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June 28, 2018

Family Values @ Work Applauds MA Governor Baker’s Signing of Paid Leave Bill

Statement by Co-Directors Ellen Bravo and Wendy Chun-Hoon “On behalf of the Family Values @ Work network, we congratulate Raise Up Massachusetts and all their…
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June 13, 2018

This Father’s Day, Give Dad Paid Time with the Family

As Father’s Day approaches, it’s important to reflect on the sometimes-overlooked contributions fathers and father figures make to their families – and to recognize how…
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August 1, 2017

Time to Care for All of Us

On August 5, 1993, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), a law 9 years in the making, took effect. The FMLA brought huge change…
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June 16, 2017

Value All Care and Every Family

You seldom see legislators tear up as they argue for a piece of legislation. But that’s what happened recently when Connecticut state senators made the…
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May 23, 2017

Trump’s Paid Leave Proposal Fails to Deliver for Working Families

Statement from Family Values @ Work The country urgently needs and wants a paid leave program. The mention of paid family leave in the president's…
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February 16, 2017

Victory for DC Paid Leave Campaign!

“We congratulate the DC Paid Leave Campaign, especially Jews United for Justice, for more than two years of activism to make DC the fifth location…
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January 30, 2017

Marching Toward Justice

by Ellen Bravo We spanned seven continents, seas of women numbering in the millions, impossible to ignore. We showed up in hundreds of U.S. cities,…
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February 15, 2016

We Need Laws that Support Our Families: DC Paid Leave Hearing

by Ellen Bravo The hearing room at the DC City Council was packed on February 11, the witness list longer than council members could remember…
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