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October 18, 2013
Ripple Effects of the FAMILY Act
by Ellen Bravo Unintended consequences” – this is the term we hear all the time from lobbyists for mega corporations when they try to block…
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June 14, 2013
Father’s Day Gift That Keeps Giving
by Ellen Bravo and Stewart D. Friedman On this Father’s Day, too many fathers have to choose between the family they love and the job…
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May 31, 2013
Making the Case for a State Paid Leave Fund in the Federal Budget
Federal budgets conjure up huge volumes of paper and mind-bending columns of numbers. That wasn’t the case on May 29, when some grassroots leaders from…
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May 13, 2013
Connected By the Care We Need and the Care We Give
by Wendy Chun-Hoon My beloved professor of philanthropy, Mr. Payton, was always asking tough questions. “How will our country handle our aging? As we live…
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May 8, 2013
Family Values @ Work is Joining Forces with Labor Project!
Ten years ago, Netsy Firestein and I were working out in a swimming pool at a conference in Orlando. For months following California’s win on…
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May 6, 2013
What’s Wrong with Comp Time? Ask Government Workers
by Carol Joyner, National Policy Director, Labor Project for Working Families This week, Martha Roby (R-AL) will introduce the same discredited comp time bill that…
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February 1, 2013
Paid Leave Matters but Program Needs Greater Outreach
By Karen White and Dana Britton, Center for Women and Work, Rutgers University Permelia Toney-Boss, a New Jersey mother and unit coordinator at a university…
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September 18, 2012
Decision for Darden: Bad Working Conditions are Unsustainable
Can a restaurant claim to value sustainability while maintaining unsustainable conditions for its workers? Today the Restaurant Opportunities Centers (ROC) United answered a resounding, ‘No.’…
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September 13, 2012
10 Ways to Rebuild the Middle Class for Hard Working Americans
REPORT: 10-Ways-to-Rebuild-the-Middle-Class The middle class is the great engine of the american economy. but today that engine is sputtering and as a result, both american families…
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