Equal Pay Day marks the date when women overall are finally paid what men were paid the previous year. Each year, the National Partnership for Women & Families releases a new analysis of the gender wage gap in advance of Equal Pay Day, including a new state-by-state...
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Election Brings Paid Sick Days Victory in California!
by National Partnership Staff | Nov 15, 2012 | Paid Sick Days
Hotel workers in Long Beach, California, are celebrating after voters overwhelmingly approved a city ordinance this month to establish a living wage and paid sick days standard for those employed by the city’s larger hotels.
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Election 2012: Women and Families Need Full Implementation of Health Reform
by Kirsten Sloan | Nov 9, 2012 | ACA
One of the certainties coming out of this week’s election is that health care reform is moving forward. And it’s about time.
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Election 2012: Moving Forward on Fairness for Women in the Workplace
by Sarah Crawford | Nov 9, 2012 | Fair Pay
Women made a difference this election. Issues like fair pay received attention nationally and at the state level like never before. Women at all levels broke barriers.
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Election 2012: A Win for Reproductive Rights, But We’re Not Taking Anything for Granted
by Andrea Friedman | Nov 8, 2012 | Reproductive Rights
This election was a rebuttal to those politicians and activists who are trying to turn back the clock on women’s reproductive rights and health, but it was also a sobering reminder that women’s basic reproductive health care is under siege and at risk.
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Election 2012: Hope for Workers and Families
by Vicki Shabo | Nov 8, 2012 | Paid Sick Days
For those who advocate day in and day out for family friendly policies, this election brings hope.
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Election 2012: A Good Day for Women, A Good Day for the Country
by Debra L. Ness | Nov 8, 2012 | Other
In reelecting President Obama and significantly increasing the numbers of women and progressives in the United States Senate, Americans have said ‘yes’ to fair pay for women, ‘yes’ to policies that make our workplaces more family friendly, ‘yes’ to ending gender discrimination and strengthening consumer protections in health insurance, and ‘yes’ to a more patient- and family-centered health care system.
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What Montana Teens Really Need
by Lynsey Bourke | Nov 2, 2012 | Reproductive Rights
LR120’s language would lead Montanans to believe that hoards of young women are rushing to clinics in an effort to end secret pregnancies. This depiction couldn’t be further from the truth.
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The Urgent Need for a Paid Safe Days Standard
by National Partnership Staff | Oct 31, 2012 | Paid Sick Days
Domestic Violence Awareness Month may be coming to a close today, but the urgent need to prevent domestic violence and support survivors continues.
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Exciting New Campaigns in Portland and Miami!
by National Partnership Staff | Oct 19, 2012 | Paid Sick Days
Warm weather may be gone or fading fast in many places but, when it comes to sick days, things are heating up in at least two corners of the country!
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Women’s Health Coverage Under Attack in Florida
by Judith Selzer | Oct 17, 2012 | Reproductive Rights
We’re in the heat of battle in Florida as we fight Amendment 6, which was referred by the Florida Legislature to the November 6th general election ballot.
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Making Sustainable Scheduling a Priority
by National Partnership Staff | Oct 10, 2012 | Paid Sick Days
Every day, workers across the country are forced to choose between their jobs and their health and the health of their families.
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National Partnership Vice President Leticia Mederos Honored
by National Partnership Staff | Oct 2, 2012 | Other
The National Partnership is so proud that, as part of its 2012 Gala today, the Committee for Education Funding (CEF) presented our own lmederos@nationalpartnership.org with a staff recognition award.