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April 7, 2014
Equal Pay for Women Requires Paid Time to Care
by Ellen Bravo As we pause to commemorate Equal Pay Day – the day well into the year when the earnings of women working full…
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April 4, 2014
Boomer & Pals’ Call on Paternity Leave = Foul Play
by Ellen Bravo When the ump makes a bad call in baseball, the team can now cry foul, call for an expanded instant replay –…
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March 20, 2014
President Obama Calls for Paid Leave Policies
by Ellen Bravo In his most expansive statement yet in support of paid leave policies, President Barack Obama today declared that women deserve “workplace policies…
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March 6, 2014
Minnesota Joins States Working to Win Paid Sick Days
by Liz Doyle, TakeAction Minnesota Minnesota’s Earned Sick & Safe Time bill passed out of the House of Representative’s Labor, Workplace, and Regulated Industries Committee…
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February 26, 2014
New York City Expands Paid Sick Days Law
More than a quarter million New Yorkers got a big boost yesterday when the City Council voted 45-6 to expand its paid sick days law.…
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February 11, 2014
Out in the Cold
By Ellen Bravo The cold isn’t just extreme – it’s expensive. It means higher heating bills, more spending on car repairs, and more taxpayer money…
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February 4, 2014
FMLA Birthday Blog Carnival
Voices from the States In honor of the 21st anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act, we've asked activists around the country to reflect…
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February 4, 2014
LGBTQ Partners Should be Able to Care for Each Other in Sickness and in Health
In honor of the 21st anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act, we’ve asked activists around the country to reflect on what FMLA means…
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February 4, 2014
Raleigh is Ground Zero for Families
In honor of the 21st anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act, we’ve asked activists around the country to reflect on what FMLA means…
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February 4, 2014
Business, Community and Activists Come together in MA to Fight Paid Sick Days
In honor of the 21st anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act, we’ve asked activists around the country to reflect on what FMLA means…
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