Author: Family Values @ Work
April 4, 2023
Introducing the Voices of Workers Advocacy Group
April Kimbrough - I began my advocacy work in 2020, when my only child was diagnosed with terminal cancer. My employer gave me a hard time…
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March 29, 2023
It’s Disability Awareness Month So Let’s Talk About Intermittent Leave
Written By Preston Van Vliet A common phrase in the paid leave advocacy world is, “People don’t think about paid leave until they need to…
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March 29, 2023
Podcast: The Future of Work
Josephine Kalipeni, Executive Director at Family Values at Work, joins Wendy Conrad on The Internal Customer Handbook Podcast to talk about family leave, workplace policy…
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March 29, 2023
Parents Bill of Rights Act
The House passed H.R. 5, the so-called “Parents Bill of Rights Act" It is unbelievable that a bill that would put into effect several anti-LGBTQ+…
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March 16, 2023
National Pay Equity Day – Another Day With Another Proclamation?
By Family Values @ Work Executive Director Josephine Kalipeni March 14th was Equal Pay Day, the day that symbolizes how far into the year women…
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March 9, 2023
President Biden’s Encouraging Budget – Strongest Ever for Working Families
Family Values @ Work (FVAW) is encouraged by President Biden’s budget which includes the strongest investment ever in funding for working families, particularly funding for…
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February 13, 2023
The Time is Right For a Strike
Family Values @ Work, a network that works to secure paid family and medical leave for all, is supporting Strike For Our Rights, a nonpartisan…
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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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July 21, 2022
Rest Is a Movement Strategy: Why We’re Taking the Week Off, Together
By Josephine Kalipeni I haven’t set a great example for my team. Nine months into becoming the executive director of, but almost two years with,…
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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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