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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 campaignโs busโฆ
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August 10, 2021
Why Iโm on the Paid Leave for All Bus
Iโm so proud to be part of the movement for paid leave for all. This movement centers those of us whoโve been called essential workersโฆ
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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 Pelosiโฆ
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June 22, 2021
Transgender dad: โI used to have to celebrate Fatherโs Day in secret.โ
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, thinkโฆ
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June 21, 2021
Paid Leave Equity Matters
Paid family and medical leave (PFML) policies provide workers with partial wage replacement so that they can afford to take time to care for andโฆ
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June 16, 2021
My Personal Journey to Juneteenth
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Staci Lowry [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] As a Black woman living in America, I have felt undervalued, unappreciated, unheard and unseen more times than I canโฆ
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June 15, 2021
Listening to Workers
Family Values @ Workโs state partners have won major policy advances for working families, including paid family and medical leave, paid sick and safe days,โฆ
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June 1, 2021
How I Survived the Pandemic with My Job at FV@W
by Alexis Jackson, Development Manager at FV@W At the start of the pandemic, I was five months pregnant with a husband, an 8-year-old whose schoolโฆ
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May 20, 2021
Paid Leave Is a Black Queer Family Issue
By Dr. Charmaine Lang One of the limiting beliefs that I challenge in my activism and scholarly work is that Black women are a monolith:โฆ
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May 19, 2021
Weโre Getting Close to Paid Leave for Us All!
The Family Values @ Work National Paid Leave Rally pulled out all of the stops last week to ensure that the nation understands the pivotalโฆ
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