Tag: Paid Leave
November 4, 2020
Colorado Votes for Paid Leave!
WE DID IT! Huge congratulations to the Colorado coalition Yes on 118: Colorado Families First, led by FV@W’s anchor Colorado 9to5 and their partners, for…
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October 22, 2020
Colorado Must Join the Rest of the World in Offering Paid Family and Medical Leave
Yes on Prop. 118: Paid Family & Medical Leave Insurance Program Ashley Panelli is the associate state director of 9to5 Colorado – an economic justice organization that…
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October 22, 2020
Child Care Voters
Claricha Foster Those most involved with the care of young children live an Impossible choice. Parents can’t afford to pay for quality child care and…
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September 11, 2020
Honor Grandparents With Paid Leave for All
As we approach Grandparents’ Day, I’m thinking more about how COVID has changed life as we know it. Like so many kids, ours are really…
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August 20, 2020
Paid Leave and Childcare Policies are the Key to Our Recovery
Watching my 10-year-old daughter, and thinking about the millions of children nationwide whose lives have been upended by the coronavirus pandemic, underscores for me the…
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August 12, 2020
Statement on Joe Biden selecting Kamala Harris as running mate
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE We commend presidential candidate Joe Biden on selecting Kamala Harris as the vice presidential candidate. His decision to choose a woman of…
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August 5, 2020
Why Our Fight Is for Paid Leave for All
As I write this, my four-year-old co-worker climbs up my desk chair and hangs off my neck. I take a breath, think of all the…
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July 27, 2020
We Can’t Reopen Schools without Paid Leave
At Make It Work Nevada, we’ve worked hard to underscore the urgent need for paid sick days and paid family leave amid this global health…
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June 18, 2020
Celebrating Father’s Day, Honoring the Past, Hopeful for the Future
Going into Father’s Day weekend usually is a mixed bag of emotions for me. Eleven years ago, on the Friday before Father’s Day, I took…
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June 15, 2020
Pride in the Fight for Equality
Family Values @ Work celebrates the long-overdue recognition that firing someone on the basis of LGBTQ+ identity is sex discrimination and a violation of the…
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