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September 10, 2021
Time to End the “Boss Lottery” and Include All Families
By Jennifer Morales, FV@W Network Learning Accelerator Many years ago, I worked as the assistant director of a university research center. My boss was legendary…
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September 7, 2021
Paid Family and Medical Leave and Universal Child Care Are Key Parts of the Infrastructure We Deserve
Congress spent a lot of time creating a plan to upgrade our roads, bridges, and other infrastructure. Now we need to pressure them to handle…
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September 3, 2021
The Irony of Labor Day
In New York City on September 5, 1882, 10,000 people walked from city hall, passing viewer stands on 42nd St., to Wendel’s Elm Park, where…
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August 24, 2021
Equal Pay Day: Why Black women shouldn’t have to work eight extra months to earn the same as white men
By Rep. Robin Kelly (IL) and Cherita Ellens of Women Employed This month we marked Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, the day when Black women’s…
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August 19, 2021
Equal Pay Day: Black women must work eight extra months to earn the same as white men
By U.S. Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Jenya Cassidy, director, California Work & Family Coalition The 2021 wage gap of $0.63 means that it takes…
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August 12, 2021
Paid Leave, Me & Marty (A “Labor” of Love)
Advocating for Paid Family Medical Leave (PFML) for All has been a large part of my life for years. In 2013 I returned to work…
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August 11, 2021
The Time for Paid Leave is Now
by Kris Garcia On Monday, I had the honor of representing the Voices of Workers group of Paid Leave for All as the campaign’s bus…
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August 10, 2021
Why I’m on the Paid Leave for All Bus
I’m so proud to be part of the movement for paid leave for all. This movement centers those of us who’ve been called essential workers…
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August 5, 2021
This Is Our Moment
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) Yesterday, Carol Joyner, director of the Labor Project for Working Families at Family Values @ Work, joined House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi…
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June 22, 2021
Transgender dad: “I used to have to celebrate Father’s Day in secret.”
The following op-ed originally ran in USA Today on June 18, 2021. I never celebrated Mother's Day, even when I looked like a woman. This year, think…
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