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August 14, 2013
Corporate Greed Is Making Us Sick
The failure of our corporate and political leaders to make sure every worker gets good health care is causing some unpleasant consequences — like widespread…
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August 8, 2013
Calif. Lawmakers Advance Bill Expanding Paid Family Leave
Law360, Los Angeles (August 08, 2013, 10:08 PM ET) -- A California Assembly committee on Wednesday cleared a bill that would amend the state's Paid…
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August 8, 2013
Women’s Groups Call for Companies to Offer Paid Sick Days
Watch Women's Groups Call for Companies to Offer Paid Sick Days on PBS. See more from NJToday. A decade after New Jersey enacted paid family…
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August 8, 2013
Women Leaders Make Strong Case to Support Earned Sick Days in New Jersey
Female leaders of all stripes from across New Jersey have come together to urge the state to join a growing national movement and ensure all…
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August 2, 2013
Happy Birthday FMLA!
At some point, nearly everyone needs time to recover from a serious illness or care for a sick loved one or new child. But the…
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July 25, 2013
Raise Up Massachusetts: Ready to Put Earned Sick Time on the Ballot
They stood in front of Walmart’s, city halls and the State House in a dozen cities across Massachusetts July 24, representing scores of organizations, all…
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July 24, 2013
Governor Chafee signs Rhode Island Temporary Caregivers Insurance into law!
by Wendy Chun-Hoon Rhode Island celebrated yesterday as Governor Lincoln Chafee signed Temporary Caregivers Insurance (TCI) into law. Families, lawmakers, advocates and TV crews packed…
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July 23, 2013
Is This the Big Moment for Better Work/Family Balance Policies?
Those of us who have been pushing for better work/family policies know the story of how we almost had universal childcare all too well. In 1971, Congress…
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July 19, 2013
When Women Succeed, America Succeeds
by Wendy Chun-Hoon What do a small businesswoman from Iowa, a daughter caring for her father in Massachusetts, a mom with a four-year-old daughter plus…
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July 18, 2013
Pelosi: ‘Our success as a nation really depends on our success of women’
In a meeting with reporters on Capitol Hill, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CA) rolled out on Thursday what they called a…
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