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June 28, 2016

Orange is the New Black on the Old White Supremacy

By Ellen Bravo [spoiler alerts] American culture has two ways of erasing white supremacy. The first declares that we are post-racial: Blacks can become president,โ€ฆ
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February 25, 2015

Family Values @ Work Hails Chicago Votersโ€™ Overwhelming Support for Earned Sick Days

Calls on City Council to Respond Quickly with Strong Policy In response to Tuesdayโ€™s non-binding referendum on earned sick days, where 82 percent of votersโ€ฆ
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February 20, 2015

Family Values @ Work Applauds Walmart Workersโ€™ Victory

Calls on Walton Family to Make the Raise a Living Wage with Full-Time Hours Washington, DC โ€“ Family Values @ Work, a network of coalitionsโ€ฆ
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January 21, 2015

Family Values @ Work: POTUS Action Helps Working Families Succeed as Caregivers and Providers

President Underscores Commitment with Invitation to Maryland Paid Sick Days Sponsor For Immediate Release: Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015 Contact: Laura Brandon, laura.brandon@berlinrosen.com, 202-641-8477 Following Presidentโ€ฆ
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August 21, 2014

Earned Sick Days Key Evidence-August 2014
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March 29, 2013

New Yorkโ€™s Paid Sick Leave Bill May Serve As Model For U.S.

NEW YORK -- When Juana Alvarez's 14-year-old daughter contracted a blood infection five years ago, Alvarez took her daughter to the hospital, leaving her newbornโ€ฆ
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October 3, 2012

Calling on the candidates to debate real family issues

Recently a group of about two dozen care-giving advocates, many of them childrenโ€™s advocates too, gathered in a conference overlooking K Street to brainstorm aboutโ€ฆ
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May 8, 2012

Margot Dorfman CEO of the U.S. Womenโ€™s Chamber of Commerce

โ€œThe U.S. Womenโ€™s Chamber of Commerce strongly and enthusiastically endorses the earned sick time legislation because it supports small businesses, benefits workers and encourages anโ€ฆ
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