Month: July 2013
July 25, 2013
Raise Up Massachusetts: Ready to Put Earned Sick Time on the Ballot
They stood in front of Walmart’s, city halls and the State House in a dozen cities across Massachusetts July 24, representing scores of organizations, all…
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July 24, 2013
Governor Chafee signs Rhode Island Temporary Caregivers Insurance into law!
by Wendy Chun-Hoon Rhode Island celebrated yesterday as Governor Lincoln Chafee signed Temporary Caregivers Insurance (TCI) into law. Families, lawmakers, advocates and TV crews packed…
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July 23, 2013
Is This the Big Moment for Better Work/Family Balance Policies?
Those of us who have been pushing for better work/family policies know the story of how we almost had universal childcare all too well. In 1971, Congress…
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July 19, 2013
When Women Succeed, America Succeeds
by Wendy Chun-Hoon What do a small businesswoman from Iowa, a daughter caring for her father in Massachusetts, a mom with a four-year-old daughter plus…
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July 18, 2013
Pelosi: ‘Our success as a nation really depends on our success of women’
In a meeting with reporters on Capitol Hill, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CA) rolled out on Thursday what they called a…
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July 18, 2013
Young Immigration Activist Celebrates a Win
By Ellen Bravo I met Katherine Figueroa on Mother’s Day in 2010, when I traveled to Phoenix with other activists from We Belong Together. We…
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July 16, 2013
DOMA Ruling Expands FMLA Protections
When the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act June 26, the justices opened a number of doors – including extending the protection…
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July 16, 2013
Family Leave
Just three states guarantee workers paid time off for family leave – whether to spend time with a new baby or adoptive child, or care…
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July 12, 2013
Mom relieved by new paid family leave law
COVENTRY, R.I. (WPRI) -- A local mother who consistently struggles to take care of her son now has hope due to new legislation that allows…
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July 12, 2013
RI Adopts Groundbreaking Family Leave Insurance Law
Rhode Island is the first state to guarantee job security for Family Leave and also joins California and New Jersey as the third state to…
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