Tag: paid family and medical leave
October 28, 2021
Family Values @ Work Decries the Cutting of Paid Family Leave from Build Back Better
(WASHINGTON, DC)––Family Values @ Work is a movement network of grassroots coalitions in more than two dozen states working to win paid family and medical…
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September 8, 2021
FV@W Celebrates Comprehensive Paid Leave Provisions from Ways & Means
Family Values @ Work is a movement network of grassroots coalitions in more than two dozen states working to win paid family and medical leave,…
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September 7, 2021
Paid Family and Medical Leave and Universal Child Care Are Key Parts of the Infrastructure We Deserve
Congress spent a lot of time creating a plan to upgrade our roads, bridges, and other infrastructure. Now we need to pressure them to handle…
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September 3, 2021
The Irony of Labor Day
In New York City on September 5, 1882, 10,000 people walked from city hall, passing viewer stands on 42nd St., to Wendel’s Elm Park, where…
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August 12, 2021
Paid Leave, Me & Marty (A “Labor” of Love)
Advocating for Paid Family Medical Leave (PFML) for All has been a large part of my life for years. In 2013 I returned to work…
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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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June 21, 2021
Paid Leave Equity Matters
Paid family and medical leave (PFML) policies provide workers with partial wage replacement so that they can afford to take time to care for and…
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June 1, 2021
How I Survived the Pandemic with My Job at FV@W
by Alexis Jackson, Development Manager at FV@W At the start of the pandemic, I was five months pregnant with a husband, an 8-year-old whose school…
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May 19, 2021
We’re Getting Close to Paid Leave for Us All!
The Family Values @ Work National Paid Leave Rally pulled out all of the stops last week to ensure that the nation understands the pivotal…
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April 27, 2021
Family Values @ Work Commends House Committee Chairman Neal for Bold Leadership on Care Infrastructure
(WASHINGTON, DC)––Family Values @ Work is a movement network of grassroots coalitions in more than two dozen states working to win paid family and medical leave,…
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