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April 21, 2020

Family Values @ Work Receives Workers Fund Grant

Family Values @ Work (FV@W) is the recipient of an inaugural Families and Workers Fund grant. Funded by the Amalgamated Bank, Annie E. Casey, Ford,…
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March 27, 2020

Meet Sequnley Gray – DC Organizer

To round out our Women’s History Month series we’re highlighting another of our dynamic organizers. Sequnley Gray is a senior organizer with DC Jobs with…
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March 24, 2020

Time for Amazon and Walmart to Do Their Fair Share

This morning I listened with awe to a group of frontline workers dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak. None of them has the protective gear or…
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March 13, 2020

Meet Wendy Chun-Hoon, Family Values @ Work Executive Director

Although Wendy Chun-Hoon is our new executive director at Family Values @ Work (FV@W), she’s been a part of the organization in one way or…
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March 6, 2020

Meet our Board Chair, Erika Washington

In honor of Women's History Month, each week this month we will profile a different leader from our network. We're kicking off our series with…
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February 28, 2020

Virginia Could Become First Southern State with Paid Sick Days

Virginia is inching closer to becoming the first state in the South to pass a paid sick day standard. It shouldn’t take a coronavirus to…
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February 27, 2020

Undervaluing of Caregiving Rooted in Black Women’s Stolen Labor

As we close out Black History Month, I’ve been thinking a lot about the mantle of caregiving Black Americans took on during their time of…
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February 21, 2020

The Real Cost-Benefit Analysis of Paid Leave

What is the cost of a father dying alone? Who knows the toll when chemo is what you do on your lunch hour? How do…
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February 13, 2020

It’s time for paid leave for all

This week the House Ways and Means Committee will hold a hearing on a critical issue for working families: paid family and medical leave. While…
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February 5, 2020

27 Years After FMLA, Time To Go Further

Twenty-seven years ago, President Clinton signed the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which established that (many but not all) workers could take unpaid, job-protected…
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