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March 27, 2012
Leading Economists Support Paid Sick Days
March 27, 2012 Honorable Members of the General Court State House Boston, MA 02133 Dear Members of the General Court, In these tough economic…
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March 23, 2012
“It’s Really Moving!”
Ellen Bravo, Family Values @ Work Executive Director, recently spoke at the annual meeting of the Massachusetts chapter of the National Association of Social…
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March 23, 2012
Celebrate Second Anniversary of Affordable Care Act
Experts like to talk about cost-benefit analyses. Badly needed reforms to inefficient systems may seem to cost money, but often the benefits from that change…
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March 22, 2012
Sick time bill would protect jobs, workers
The Bay State Banner Shelly Runyon Nearly 1 million workers are without access to paid sick days in Massachusetts. When they or their children fall…
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March 22, 2012
Sick time bill would protect jobs, workers
March 22, 2012 Nearly 1 million workers are without access to paid sick days in Massachusetts. When they or their children fall ill, they are…
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March 22, 2012
Mass. lawmakers should pass sick-leave bill
Imagine this: You wake up with the flu and you feel awful. Or maybe your kid wakes up with a virus and she looks like…
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March 22, 2012
Boston Globe
Mass. Lawmakers Should Pass Sick-Leave Bill Yvonne Abraham March 22, 2012 Imagine this: You wake up with the flu and you feel awful. Or…
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March 21, 2012
California Work and Family Coalition
New Resources to Raise Awareness of California Paid Family Leave By Vibhuti Mehra March 16, 2012 This year, we are celebrating the 10th year anniversary…
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March 13, 2012
Paid sick time should to be a right in Massachusetts
Each day in the commonwealth, sick workers and workers with an ill family member are faced with a difficult choice, go to work or stay…
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March 13, 2012
Still fighting for justice on International Women’s Day
March 7, 2012 More than a century ago, thousands of women walked out of garment shops - then one of the largest occupations for women…
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