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February 15, 2024
Honoring Dr. King Through Honoring Care and Collective Work
Written by: Jaida Jenkins In January, I had the opportunity to travel to Montgomery, Ala., to attend the annual AFL-CIO MLK Conference. To be backโฆ
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February 13, 2024
Paid Family and Medical Leave Tax Credit Extension and Enhancement Act: Is it Paid Leave?
Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) is correct: โAmericans shouldnโt have to choose between making ends meet and taking care of family.โ And so is Senator Angusโฆ
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January 25, 2024
Working In Bad Weather and Bad Circumstances
Winter finally reared its post-holiday snowy head across the states. Nearly three weeks into 2024, more than 50 percent of states were blanketed in snow.โฆ
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January 11, 2024
New Laws for 2024
On January 1, 2024 workers began to benefit from laws that took effect in four states: Colorado, Minnesota, Illinois, and California. These time-to-care laws addressโฆ
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October 5, 2023
Why Iโm Leading DIVE
By Staci Bryant, State Lead Imagine a Democracy where the people have a voice in the decisions that are made about them, their families andโฆ
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August 2, 2023
America the (Not So) Beautiful for Caregiving
Sammy Chavin-Grant, Federal Strategy Director Just a few weeks ago, I represented Family Values @ Work at Women Deliver 2023. This was FV@Wโs first timeโฆ
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July 20, 2023
Here We Go Again: Black Womenโs Equal Pay Day 2023
Josephine Kalipeni, Executive Director You know what Iโm tired of? Every year, I write the same letter to the universe: itโs incomprehensible that women stillโฆ
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July 17, 2023
The Death of A Champion and Would-be Mother: Centering Equity in Maternal Health and Paid Leave
Josephine Kalipeni, Executive Director Tori Bowie was an Olympic gold medalist. When she was found dead on May 2, 2023, she was eight months pregnant.โฆ
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July 11, 2023
FV@W Celebrates PFML Win with Maine Coalition
Family Values @ Work congratulates our partnersโMaine Womenโs Lobby, Southern Maine Workers Center, and the Maine Paid Leave Coalitionโon their hard work building sustained momentumโฆ
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June 26, 2023
Are State Paid Leave Policies Equitable?
Thirty years ago, Congress passed the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)--which was both groundbreaking for the U.S. at the time and woefully insufficient toโฆ
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