News & Views
July 1, 2019
Oregon Passes Inclusive Paid Leave Law
Statement from Ellen Bravo and Wendy Chun-Hoon, Co-Directors, Family Values @ Work on the passage of paid family and medical leave in Oregon “The Family…
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July 1, 2019
Celebrate Laws That Value Workers and Their Families
What happens to workers when they need to recover from a car accident, or when their parent has a heart attack? How can they keep…
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June 21, 2019
Why My Family Needs the FAMILY Act
Paid family & medical leave would be really important for families like mine and that’s why I support the FAMILY Act. Right now only 17%…
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June 16, 2019
Father’s Day: A Time to Celebrate Caregiving
Tom Frisk lives in Bangor, Maine. He’s a dad who needed to care for his own dad as he was dying, and for his wife…
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June 12, 2019
Statement from Family Values @ Work on Nevada’s Win on Paid Time Off
"It's good to see that employees in Nevada who work in firms of 50 or more will be able to take up to five days…
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June 10, 2019
Expanding Paid Time for Families Impacted by Incarceration
Richard* was released from prison and was working at a car wash in southeastern Michigan. At the same time, he had to see his parole…
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March 28, 2019
Floridians Need #PaidLeave4All
by Salandra Benton Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle increasingly recognize we need to solve the paid leave crisis afflicting working families. But details…
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March 27, 2019
Statement on the Rubio/Romney/Wagner Proposal
We welcome the growing bipartisan support for a national paid leave program. Our movement has succeeded in transforming this issue from the margins to the…
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March 21, 2019
It’s #BiHealthMonth and We Need Paid Leave!
By Preston Van Vliet March is Bi Health Month! Bisexual Resource Center and BiNet USA are two organizational partners we work with to help raise…
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March 20, 2019
Family Values @ Work condemns terrorism, Islamaphobia, white nationalism and xenophobia
With profound sorrow, Family Values @ Work condemns the terrorist attack on Muslim prayer-goers in New Zealand, and the Islamaphobia, white nationalism and xenophobia that drove it. To…
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