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September 1, 2014
Bite-Size Compensation, Supersized Costs: A Labor Day Pledge
By Ellen Bravo McDonalds made headlines when it advised its employees to cut their food into smaller pieces to make it last longer, offered sample…
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August 27, 2014
If Democracy Had Prevailed: Bittersweet Win for Orange County Voters
from our partners at the Orange Rising Coalition in Orange County, Florida, August 26, 2014 On Women's Equality Day, a years long battle to bring…
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August 26, 2014
#WEmatter: A Message to Lawmakers from Today’s Families
by Ellen Bravo What happens when a woman lands a good job usually done by men, but the workplace doesn't have paid sick days? Take…
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August 5, 2014
FMLA Turns 21: Dare to Imagine the World We Deserve
by Ellen Bravo Twenty-one. This number has come to symbolize adulthood. It means good luck in cards. But when it comes to the Family and…
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June 30, 2014
Being Part of the White House Summit on Working Families
By Ellen Bravo I was so honored to be part of the program at the White House Summit on Working Families. It was pretty cool…
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June 28, 2014
My Lunch with the President
By Shelby Ramirez It was such an honor to be part of the White House Summit on Working Families. Never in a million years would…
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June 12, 2014
Paid Leave: The Best Gift for Father’s Day
by Ellen Bravo “Do I abandon my family or abandon the job that feeds my family?” That’s how one man described the dilemma many fathers…
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May 20, 2014
White House Summit on Working Families
The member coalitions of Family Values @ Work are proud to help build momentum for the White House Summit on Working Families. Activists on the…
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May 15, 2014
Making the Road in New York: A Model for Work-Family Policy Change
In New York City this week, just one day after Mother's Day, working families and activists gathered to discuss their efforts to really value mothers…
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April 10, 2014
Voices from the Frontlines
Work doesn’t work for too many Americans. In this short play, two characters bring us multiple Voices from the Frontlines, sharing the realities of work…
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