Tag: Family Values @ Work
September 18, 2017
Family Values @ Work Mourns Passing of Founding Board Member, Martha Baker
Martha Baker was a founding board member of Family Values @ Work and a leader in the fight for paid sick days in NYC and…
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August 31, 2017
Trans And Gender Non-Conforming Communities Need Paid Leave Now!
As the White House continues to push its ban on transgender military members, we must take a stand to support and celebrate our trans and…
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August 30, 2017
Time to Care about Unions
“As we go marching, marching, unnumbered women dead, Go crying through our singing their ancient cry for bread. Small art or love or beauty their…
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August 28, 2017
Remember the Iceberg
When I see armed men carrying Nazi flags, raising stiff-arm salutes and spewing anti-Semitic chants, I picture my relatives in the town of Borisov in…
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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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May 23, 2017
Trump’s Paid Leave Proposal Fails to Deliver for Working Families
Statement from Family Values @ Work The country urgently needs and wants a paid leave program. The mention of paid family leave in the president's…
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April 4, 2017
Beware Phony Flexibility Bill
Politicians aren’t always smart, but they’re often shrewd. Say your party has been drawing a lot of heat and needs to show it's doing something…
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March 21, 2017
ABC’s “Black-ish” is Bullish on Paternity Leave
When was the last time a popular TV show took on the issue of paternity leave at all, much less in the same episode as…
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February 16, 2017
Victory for DC Paid Leave Campaign!
“We congratulate the DC Paid Leave Campaign, especially Jews United for Justice, for more than two years of activism to make DC the fifth location…
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October 13, 2011
Philadelphia City Council Approves Paid Sick Days
The Philadelphia city council voted 15-2 in favor of an amended living wage policy that will now require businesses that have contracts with or receive…
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