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December 15, 2015
Honoring 2015 Game Changers
We’ve seen so much progress in 2015 to expand access to paid sick days and paid family and medical leave. On November 18 we gathered…
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September 16, 2013
Celebrating Netsy Firestein, a Leader in Paid Family Leave
Friends of Netsy Firestein wanted to honor her work with something beautiful and enduring, like the impact of her decades of organizing. So we commissioned…
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July 18, 2013
Young Immigration Activist Celebrates a Win
By Ellen Bravo I met Katherine Figueroa on Mother’s Day in 2010, when I traveled to Phoenix with other activists from We Belong Together. We…
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July 3, 2012
Sick of It
On June 28, while all eyes were on the Supreme Court decision on President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act – most notably its effects on…
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August 5, 2021
This Is Our Moment
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) Yesterday, Carol Joyner, director of the Labor Project for Working Families at Family Values @ Work, joined House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi…
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July 23, 2012
Paid-Sick-Leave Fight Escalates in New York City, Expands Across the Nation
NEW YORK CITY—Flanked by a hundred-some supporters at a press conference on Wednesday, labor leaders and feminist activists announced a new initiative to push a…
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July 5, 2012
Orange mandatory-sick-time initiative gains steam
In what may be the biggest political campaign in Central Florida right now, an army of paid and volunteer petition workers is swarming through Orange…
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April 9, 2018
Mother’s Day, A Special Holiday
Mother’s Day is a special holiday for all of us at Family Values @ Work. Though we celebrate mothers all year long, we love having…
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October 9, 2013
New York Hosts Nancy Pelosi
By Martha Baker What a great feeling when a national leader comes to your city and congratulates you on winning paid sick days – and…
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February 4, 2014
Business, Community and Activists Come together in MA to Fight Paid Sick Days
In honor of the 21st anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act, we’ve asked activists around the country to reflect on what FMLA means…
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