News & Views
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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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 school…
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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:…
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May 19, 2021
We’re 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 pivotal…
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May 4, 2021
Workers Speaking Up for Paid Leave
The pandemic was a giant wake-up call for the nation about the centrality of care. We saw how interdependent we are: Our own health depends…
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April 29, 2021
Family Values @ Work Celebrates the Introduction of the American Families Plan
(WASHINGTON, DC)––Family Values @ Work is a movement network of grassroots coalitions in more than two dozen states working to win paid family and medical…
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April 27, 2021
Family Values @ Work Commends House Committee Chairman Neal for Bold Leadership on Care Infrastructure
(WASHINGTON, DC)––Family Values @ Work is a movement network of grassroots coalitions in more than two dozen states working to win paid family and medical leave,…
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