Tag: Paid Leave
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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March 14, 2020
Family Values @ Work Statement on the Passage of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
We applaud House leadership for swiftly passing the Families First Coronavirus Response Act with bipartisan support, and we commend Rep. Rosa DeLauro and Speaker Pelosi…
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February 21, 2020
The Real Cost-Benefit Analysis of Paid Leave
What is the cost of a father dying alone? Who knows the toll when chemo is what you do on your lunch hour? How do…
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February 13, 2020
It’s time for paid leave for all
This week the House Ways and Means Committee will hold a hearing on a critical issue for working families: paid family and medical leave. While…
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February 5, 2020
27 Years After FMLA, Time To Go Further
Twenty-seven years ago, President Clinton signed the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which established that (many but not all) workers could take unpaid, job-protected…
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February 4, 2020
Paid Leave and the 2020 State of the Union Address
For media inquiries please contact Safiya Simmons at (414) 436-9536 or info@familyvaluesatwork.org "During the State of the Union, President Trump is expected to claim credit for…
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January 27, 2020
Include Me: A Letter to the Members of the House Ways and Means Committee
On January 28, the Ways and Means Committee is holding a hearing on Legislative Proposals for Paid Family and Medical Leave. The members of the Worker…
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