Author: Family Values @ Work
January 6, 2012
NY Labor Leader Calls Paid Sick Days a Human Right
This article by George Gresham, President, 1199SEIU, appeared today in the New York Amsterdam News: Late last year, our billionaire mayor, Michael Bloomberg, summoned the…
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January 4, 2012
Cape Cod Senator’s Real-World Case for Paid Sick Days
Dan Wolf is a small business owner, a legislative leader in Massachusetts, and a believer in paid sick days. In an op ed in the…
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January 4, 2012
Connecticut Workers Welcome Paid Sick Days
This time last year, Desiree Rosado, a school bus driver in Groton, Connecticut, was dreading flu season. "Working without paid sick days, you're always worried…
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December 15, 2011
Roadmap for Working Families in North Carolina
With high unemployment and a severe jobs shortfall increasingly threatening the economic security of North Carolina’s working families, it is imperative that state leaders develop…
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November 21, 2011
Another Barrier to Maternity Leave for Those Most in Need: Knowing About It
Ms. Magazine Nanette Fondas November 18, 2011 On Wednesday a new poll [PDF] was released that shows that people who are most likely to need…
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November 21, 2011
Most don’t know law permits paid time off to care for relatives
Los Angeles Times Anna Gorman November 16, 2011 The majority of Californians have not heard of a state law that allows many workers to take paid time off to…
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November 17, 2011
The Health Benefits of Paid Family Leave
By Lili Farhang, Human Impact Partners In February, my partner and I had a baby. The pregnancy and birth went smoothly and our son was…
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November 17, 2011
New Research Shows Need for More Outreach on Paid Family Leave
By Vibhuti Mehra, Labor Project for Working Families Lisa Mukai, a mother of two from Redwood City, has good reason to appreciate California’s Paid Family…
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November 15, 2011
Majority of First-Time U.S. Moms Now Get Paid Maternity Leave
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The number of new mothers receiving paid maternity leave climbed to a majority for the first time, the U.S. Census Bureau…
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November 15, 2011
Note to Super-Committee: A Quick Way to $1.1 Billion in Savings
As politicians scramble to cut programs like Medicare and Medicaid that serve the most vulnerable groups in our society, the Institute for Women’s Policy Research…
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