Tag: labor
July 12, 2022
Who is leading the fight around time to care in your community?
Every year Family Values @ Work honors worker activists on the frontline of the movement for equitable policies that value workers and their families. Honorees…
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August 30, 2017
Time to Care about Unions
“As we go marching, marching, unnumbered women dead, Go crying through our singing their ancient cry for bread. Small art or love or beauty their…
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May 23, 2017
Time to Honor Moms With Equal Pay and Paid Leave
Being a mother can be deeply rewarding: You get to spend time sharing your own expertise with little ones, while they push you to see…
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April 12, 2017
Labor Project Co-Sponsors Pregnant and Breastfeeding Workers Webinar
Most women entering the labor force today will become pregnant while working. As the rights of unions and women are increasingly under attack, promoting workplace…
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January 12, 2017
Family Values @ Work Opposes Puzder for Labor Secretary
Below is the letter Family Values @ Work sent to the Senate HELP Committee opposing the nomination of Andrew Puzder to be Secretary of the…
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March 2, 2016
Superstore Delivers for Paid Leave and Labor
Finally, a prime time TV show depicts what the lack of paid leave looks like for millions of Americans, the ones who stock shelves rather…
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November 5, 2015
Connecting Work-Family and LGBTQ Activists
Movement leaders from over twenty organizations representing LGBTQ rights, work-family, reproductive justice, racial justice, economic justice, and labor came together recently to dig deeper into…
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October 29, 2015
We Will Not (Continue to) Give Up Our Family Time!
October is Work and Family Month, and it was packed with events, progress on policy, press conferences and declarations on working families. First the White…
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October 2, 2015
New paper looks at unemployment in nonstandard work
The New York Times recently ran an editorial entitled, When Bosses Schedule Hours That Just Don’t Work. Other recent headlines have touted the challenges for…
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December 4, 2014
We Want Justice for Peggy Young
Peggy Young worked for UPS when her doctor ordered her to stop lifting heavy boxes of 20 pounds or more. UPS denied her any accommodation,…
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