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July 24, 2017
Wins Make a Difference
What a difference a win makes – especially 40 of them. Recent figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show a significant rise in the number…
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July 12, 2017
Fact Checking Ivanka Trump’s Reply to Wall Street Journal on Paid Family Leave
Ivanka writes (Ellen Bravo's response highlighted): Providing a national guaranteed paid-leave program isn’t an entitlement, it’s an investment in America’s working families. Yes! If only…
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July 1, 2017
Arizona’s New Paid Sick and Safe Days Law Recognizes All Families
As our communities are processing the election results, many are afraid of losing access to basic needs, being separated from loved ones, and experiencing further…
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July 1, 2017
Family Values @ Work Congratulates Washington’s Paid Leave Win
Today’s paid family and medical leave victory is a huge win for Washington’s working families. It also sends a signal to the rest of the…
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June 27, 2017
Picture it: Paid Leave, the Movie
A scrappy band of workers, business owners, health care professionals, community groups, union members and legislators come together to pass a law so that all…
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June 26, 2017
FV@W’s Congratulates New Jersey’s Paid leave Expansion
Family Values @ Work congratulates our network partner, the New Jersey Time to Care Coalition, on today’s victory to strengthen their landmark Family Leave Insurance…
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June 16, 2017
Value All Care and Every Family
You seldom see legislators tear up as they argue for a piece of legislation. But that’s what happened recently when Connecticut state senators made the…
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June 7, 2017
Stop the Attack on the Women’s Bureau
By Wendy Chun-Hoon Today, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta heads to the Hill to defend the Trump Administration’s proposed 20% cut to the US Department of…
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June 1, 2017
Spotlighting Transgender Issues to Cover Multi-Issue Legislative Attacks
Last month, North Carolina enacted HB2, a law that targets transgender people while also broadly attacking workers and local democracy. The full implications of HB2 have not…
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May 31, 2017
Applauding MN Governor Mark Dayton for Standing Up for Democracy
Statement from Family Values @ Work Applauding MN Governor Mark Dayton for Standing Up for Democracy The coalitions in the Family Values @ Work network…
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