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Tag: Paid Sick Days

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March 6, 2024

What I Want to Hear in President Biden’s State of the Union Address

  It’s that time of the year when the President shares his vision for the country. Last year during the State of the Union (SOTU),…
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January 25, 2024

Working In Bad Weather and Bad Circumstances

Winter finally reared its post-holiday snowy head across the states. Nearly three weeks into 2024, more than 50 percent of states were blanketed in snow.…
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October 5, 2023

Why I’m Leading DIVE

By Staci Bryant, State Lead Imagine a Democracy where the people have a voice in the decisions that are made about them, their families and…
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June 14, 2023

What Being A Father Means To Me

By Hassan Ahmadu According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, a father is defined as “a male parent.” While this definition makes sense, being a father means much…
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June 6, 2023

Debt Ceiling Deal Statement

The Family Values @ Work Network is glad that Congress and President Biden agreed to raise the debt ceiling. This plan avoids the most harmful…
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May 17, 2023

Celebrating the Reintroduction of the FAMILY and Healthy Families Acts

This is a momentous week for Family Values @ Work and our Network. This week, Senators Bernie Sanders and Kirsten Gillibrand, along with Representative Rosa…
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May 17, 2023

Healthy Families Act and FAMILY Act Reintroduced in 118th Congress

Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Senator Bernie Sanders (VT) reintroduced the Healthy Families Act, and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and U.S.…
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February 7, 2023

Lobbying for Rookies

By Safiya Simmons This week, I joined my colleagues in our first virtual lobby days. It was intense for me, a lobbying rookie, but it…
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January 26, 2023

No One Prepared Us for Tripledemic Parenting – But Congress Can and Should Provide Support

By Rachel Mannino My six year old son was in pain, bent over, clutching his stomach and crying. He’d been sent home from school with…
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December 1, 2022

FV@W Decries the Senate Vote on Rail Paid Sick Days

(WASHINGTON, DC)––Family Values @ Work is a movement network of grassroots coalitions in more than two dozen states working to win paid family and medical…
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