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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
Family Values @ Work Remembers AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- The Labor Project and Family Values @ Work extend our deepest gratitude for the life and leadership of Richard Trumka. Our hearts…
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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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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 and…
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June 19, 2021
Statement on Juneteenth federal holiday
The Family Values @ Work network welcomes the news that Congress passed a bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. Juneteenth (June 19) marks the…
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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 can…
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June 15, 2021
Listening to Workers
Family Values @ Work’s state partners have won major policy advances for working families, including paid family and medical leave, paid sick and safe days,…
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