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June 10, 2020
Towards An Economy Where LGBTQ+ Workers and Their Families are Valued
This year’s LGBTQ+ Pride Month takes place amidst the global COVID-19 pandemic and the extraordinary international uprising for Black lives. It’s an important time to…
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June 3, 2020
Essential Truths about Essential Workers
Many years ago, in a new town and in need of a job, I got hired as a nursing assistant at a large hospital. As…
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June 2, 2020
Taking a Stand for an Anti-Racist Nation
We at Family Values @ Work are devastated as we mourn the killing of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and so many Black lives…
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May 12, 2020
A Coronavirus Mother’s Day
This year Mother’s Day was different. The COVID-19 pandemic meant I couldn’t physically be with my mother, as was the case for many mothers and…
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May 11, 2020
Statement: UCLA WORLD Policy Analysis Center study confirms the importance of paid sick leave in fighting COVID-19
Statement from Wendy Chun-Hoon, Executive Director of Family Values @ Work, on new UCLA WORLD Policy Analysis Center study confirming the importance of paid sick…
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April 21, 2020
Family Values @ Work Receives Workers Fund Grant
Family Values @ Work (FV@W) is the recipient of an inaugural Families and Workers Fund grant. Funded by the Amalgamated Bank, Annie E. Casey, Ford,…
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April 6, 2020
Family Values @ Work celebrates permanent paid sick days in NY
Family Values @ Work joins the over 60 members of the New York Statewide Paid Leave Coalition, and our anchor group, Citizen Action of New…
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April 2, 2020
Arizona
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_cta h2="" h4="State Rights"]Under this law, family members include: your child, parent, spouse, domestic partner, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, and any other individual related by blood…
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March 31, 2020
Halt to Dallas paid sick days ordinance shows “appalling disregard” for residents’ health
Today, Wendy Chun-Hoon, executive director of Family Values @ Work, a network of 27 state coalitions working for paid sick and safe days, paid family and…
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March 27, 2020
Meet Sequnley Gray – DC Organizer
To round out our Women’s History Month series we’re highlighting another of our dynamic organizers. Sequnley Gray is a senior organizer with DC Jobs with…
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