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June 10, 2019
Expanding Paid Time for Families Impacted by Incarceration
Richard* was released from prison and was working at a car wash in southeastern Michigan. At the same time, he had to see his paroleโฆ
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March 28, 2019
Floridians Need #PaidLeave4All
by Salandra Benton Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle increasingly recognize we need to solve the paid leave crisis afflicting working families. But detailsโฆ
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March 21, 2019
Itโs #BiHealthMonth and We Need Paid Leave!
By Preston Van Vliet March is Bi Health Month! Bisexual Resource Center and BiNet USA are two organizational partners we work with to help raiseโฆ
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March 14, 2019
Why I Support the Healthy Families Act
When Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Rosa DeLauro introduce the Healthy Families Act March 14, Christina Hayes from Detroit, Michigan and a leader in Motheringโฆ
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February 20, 2019
Colorado Coalition Defeats โSCAMLIโ
Two weeks ago, 9to5 and the CO FAMLI Coalition successfully defeated HB19-1058, a conservative bill that tried to make the case that business tax creditsโฆ
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February 11, 2019
Partnering with Kabrita USA for Paid Leave
After 15 years of building a national movement to create good public policies on paid family and medical leave, more workers, families, companies and politiciansโฆ
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November 14, 2018
2018 Elections Signal Progress for Paid Leave
What do Tuesday's election results mean for the states in the Family Values @ Work network? We can sum it up in two words: we'reโฆ
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November 5, 2018
The Attempted Snookering of a Nation
by Ellen Bravo When my sister and I were kids, my father told us a riddle about three salesmen sharing a hotel suite. At check-in,โฆ
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August 26, 2018
For Women to Achieve Equality, We Need Real Paid Leave
We celebrate August 26 as Womenโs Equality Day. This date commemorates passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution: "the right of citizens to voteโฆ
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July 23, 2018
Hands Off Our Paid Sick Days!
On July 24, members of Congress will hear corporate lobbyists pitch H.R. 4219, a bill to incentivize more employers to offer paid time off andโฆ
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