Tag: Paid Leave
April 22, 2021
Why I Need Congress to Pass Inclusive Paid Leave
by Bethany Santos Fauteux I am a state certified early childhood educator and worked for a childcare center that did not provide paid leave. Most…
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April 14, 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Josie Badger, Disability Activist and Hall of Famer!
We know Dr. Josie Badger is a star activist, and so does the National Disability Mentoring Coalition (NDMC)! We are thrilled to celebrate Dr. Badger’s…
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April 12, 2021
Paid Leave and Early Education Go Hand-in-Hand
To mark the 50th “Week of the Young Child” hosted by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, we talked to Gladys Jones,…
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March 10, 2021
American Rescue Plan Will Deliver Urgent Relief
Recovery requires permanent policies like paid leave We applaud the Biden-Harris administration for their commitment to the emergency COVID needs of all workers. The American…
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February 3, 2021
FMLA’s Pandemic Anniversary: Money Matters
By Jennifer Morales, FV@W Network Learning Accelerator The COVID-19 pandemic is a study in impossible choices: Get tested and be forced to stay home from…
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February 1, 2021
Family Values @ Work Commends Biden-Harris Administration Appointment
Wendy Chun-Hoon to head Department of Labor’s Women’s Bureau (WASHINGTON, DC)––The Family Values @ Work network hailed the appointment of their former Executive Director, Wendy…
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January 27, 2021
Paid Sick Time Saves Lives, Jobs
New Wisconsin Study Affirms Importance of Public Policies COVID-19 continues to devastate Wisconsin and the country—but it didn’t have to be this way. Twelve and…
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January 15, 2021
FV@W Statement on the Biden-Harris American Rescue Plan
Tonight we join with paid leave champions and organizers across the country in thanking President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice-President Elect Kamala Harris for including paid…
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January 13, 2021
The First 100 Days
This election season, we’ve seen voters and families say again and again that they need and want substantive change. They want commonsense policies that will…
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January 7, 2021
Family Values @ Work Statement on Yesterday’s Attack on the Capitol
(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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