Tag: Paid Leave
August 20, 2020
Paid Leave and Childcare Policies are the Key to Our Recovery
Watching my 10-year-old daughter, and thinking about the millions of children nationwide whose lives have been upended by the coronavirus pandemic, underscores for me the…
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August 12, 2020
Statement on Joe Biden selecting Kamala Harris as running mate
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE We commend presidential candidate Joe Biden on selecting Kamala Harris as the vice presidential candidate. His decision to choose a woman of…
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August 5, 2020
Why Our Fight Is for Paid Leave for All
As I write this, my four-year-old co-worker climbs up my desk chair and hangs off my neck. I take a breath, think of all the…
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July 27, 2020
We Can’t Reopen Schools without Paid Leave
At Make It Work Nevada, we’ve worked hard to underscore the urgent need for paid sick days and paid family leave amid this global health…
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June 18, 2020
Celebrating Father’s Day, Honoring the Past, Hopeful for the Future
Going into Father’s Day weekend usually is a mixed bag of emotions for me. Eleven years ago, on the Friday before Father’s Day, I took…
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June 15, 2020
Pride in the Fight for Equality
Family Values @ Work celebrates the long-overdue recognition that firing someone on the basis of LGBTQ+ identity is sex discrimination and a violation of the…
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June 10, 2020
Towards An Economy Where LGBTQ+ Workers and Their Families are Valued
This year’s LGBTQ+ Pride Month takes place amidst the global COVID-19 pandemic and the extraordinary international uprising for Black lives. It’s an important time to…
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May 12, 2020
A Coronavirus Mother’s Day
This year Mother’s Day was different. The COVID-19 pandemic meant I couldn’t physically be with my mother, as was the case for many mothers and…
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March 27, 2020
Family Values @ Work Statement on the CARES Act
Today, Wendy Chun-Hoon, executive director of Family Values @ Work, a network of 27 state coalitions fighting for paid sick and safe days, paid family…
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March 17, 2020
Family Values @ Work Commends Sens. Murray, Gillibrand, Rep. DeLauro for Introducing the P.A.I.D. Leave Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 17, 2020 The Family Values @ Work network, 27 state coalitions working for paid sick & safe days, family & medical…
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