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November 4, 2020
Colorado Votes for Paid Leave!
WE DID IT! Huge congratulations to the Colorado coalition Yes on 118: Colorado Families First, led by FV@W’s anchor Colorado 9to5 and their partners, for…
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October 22, 2020
Colorado Must Join the Rest of the World in Offering Paid Family and Medical Leave
Yes on Prop. 118: Paid Family & Medical Leave Insurance Program Ashley Panelli is the associate state director of 9to5 Colorado – an economic justice organization that…
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October 22, 2020
Child Care Voters
Claricha Foster Those most involved with the care of young children live an Impossible choice. Parents can’t afford to pay for quality child care and…
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October 2, 2020
The President and First Lady Trump have contracted COVID-19
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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September 29, 2020
Statement from Family Values @ Work Executive Director Wendy Chun-Hoon on the Updated Heroes Act
The coronavirus pandemic reminds us of the urgency of the fight our network has been engaged in for years: paid leave saves lives, saves jobs.…
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September 28, 2020
Family Values @ Work Executive Director Wendy Chun-Hoon Statement on Candidate for SCOTUS Vacancy
“What most concerns the Family Values @ Work network—and should concern everyone else as well—is Barrett’s staunch perspective of being an originalist. This perspective means…
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September 25, 2020
Family Values @ Work Statement on Supreme Court Justice Nominee Announcement
The Supreme Court Justice we need in this moment is someone who understands how vulnerable American families are right now, and will stand up for…
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September 19, 2020
The Family Values @ Work network mourns Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Today, Wendy Chun-Hoon, executive director of Family Values @ Work—a network of 27 state coalitions working for paid sick and safe days, family and medial…
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September 17, 2020
Governor Gavin Newsom signs law extending paid leave job protection
The entire Family Values @ Work network celebrates California Governor Gavin Newsom’s signing of SB 1383, which extends job protection to 6 million more California workers…
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September 11, 2020
Honor Grandparents With Paid Leave for All
As we approach Grandparents’ Day, I’m thinking more about how COVID has changed life as we know it. Like so many kids, ours are really…
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