Press Releases
September 26, 2019
Bipartisan Majority, Like Voters, Supports Paid Leave
Statement by Family Values @ Work Co-Directors Ellen Bravo and Wendy Chun-Hoon "On September 25, the United States Senate took its first ever vote on paid…
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July 15, 2019
Family Values @ Work Denounces Racist ICE Raids
Family Values @ Work denounces the administration’s use of unlawful and racist ICE raids to tear our families and our communities apart, as well as…
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July 10, 2019
U.S. House Takes Action on Federal Employee Paid Leave Act
Statement from Ellen Bravo and Wendy Chun-Hoon, Co-Directors of Family Values @ Work on the U.S. House’s Action on the Federal Employee Paid Leave…
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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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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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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 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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February 15, 2019
No Border Wall
Statement from Family Values @ Work on the Declaration of National Emergency to Fund a Border WallFebruary 15, 2019 Family Values @ Work denounces the…
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February 6, 2019
Family Values @ Work Statement on State of the Union
“It is encouraging to see so many politicians on both sides of the aisle recognize the need for a national paid leave program. With any…
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January 31, 2019
Family Values @ Work Celebrates NJ Expansion of Paid Leave
This afternoon the New Jersey state legislature voted to expand paid leave. Ellen Bravo and Wendy Chun-Hoon, co-directors of Family Values @ Work and leading experts on paid leave, released…
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