Tag: Paid Leave for All
April 17, 2024
Elizabeth Valles Shares her FMLA Journey
Elizabeth Valles interviewed by Elaine Shelly Elizabeth Valles cleans and prepares the west Texas apartment that serves as her family’s second home. Her husband, Cesar,…
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July 12, 2022
Who is leading the fight around time to care in your community?
Every year Family Values @ Work honors worker activists on the frontline of the movement for equitable policies that value workers and their families. Honorees…
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June 14, 2022
Be an Ally – with Pride
by Ariel Cassell We’ve seen it every June in recent years as our country celebrates Pride Month: social media icons for an array of corporate…
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February 3, 2022
FMLA Anniversary 2022: Looking Back to Move Forward
In 1993, President Clinton signed the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) into law, which provides unpaid leave to just over half of US workers.…
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January 25, 2022
The Work Ahead
By Josie Kalipeni Dear friends and colleagues: I hope this message finds you rested, renewed, and ready for 2022. The beginning of a new year…
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December 20, 2021
Even the “Fortunate” Need Paid Leave
Arnel and Sandra Floria West Grove, PA My husband and I both come from families with conservative values who believe in education. We both held…
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December 2, 2021
GameChangers Honored in a Fun, Inspiring Celebration
“We believe that this question of leave and care for family is a matter of human dignity,” Ellen S. Buchman said in her acceptance speech…
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October 4, 2021
A Letter From Our New Executive Director
by Josie Kalipeni, Family Values @ Work's newly appointed Executive Director It’s an overwhelming and humbling honor to be invited by the Network, Board, and…
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September 10, 2021
Time to End the “Boss Lottery” and Include All Families
By Jennifer Morales, FV@W Network Learning Accelerator Many years ago, I worked as the assistant director of a university research center. My boss was legendary…
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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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