A First Family That Puts Families First!
At night after the kids are in bed, most working couples have “kitchen table” talks. Who’s going to meet with a teacher, or stay home with a sick child? Who can take mom to the doctor on Friday? Which bills can we pay this week?
Next Steps for New York City
On March 25, New York City Councilwoman Gale Brewer reintroduced New York City’s Paid Sick Time Act in the City Council, with 34 of the City Council’s 51 members as co-sponsors. Advocates celebrated the bill’s reintroduction with a thrilling and energizing rally at City Hall.
New Beginning: Fixing Our Broken Health Care System Starts Now
It’s done. Health reform is now the law of the land. Your hard work has paid off, and you should feel proud.
For Today, Hooray!
Your hard work is paying off. Last night, the House of Representatives said ‘yes’ to improving health care in our country.
How Much is the Wage Gap Costing Your Family?
Eight months of groceries. That is what the wage gap is costing women and their families. Don’t believe it? Do the math.
Next Up: Paid Sick Days for 30 Million Workers
It’s hard to believe, but the sick truth is tens of millions of workers in the good ole U. S. of A. don’t have a single paid sick day.
Setting the Record Straight: Best Kept Secrets about Health Reform
Between President Obama issuing a new proposal on health insurance reform on Monday and the White House Health Care Summit Thursday, the beat marches on around this debate in Washington.
New Analysis Suggests Lack of Paid Sick Days May Have Prolonged H1N1 Pandemic
New analysis from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) provides support for what paid sick days advocates have long argued: lack of access to paid sick days means employees are more likely to go to work sick, spread contagious disease, prolong the effects of pandemic illness, and harm the public health.
FMLA: After 17 Years, It's Time to Take the Next Step
The Family and Medical Leave Act turns 17 today.
Celebrating Ledbetter: End Pay Discrimination Against Women Now!
This week we celebrate the one-year anniversary of enactment of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act: a law that righted a terrible Supreme Court decision and set the stage for the next fair pay law we need — the Paycheck Fairness Act.
First Lady Stresses Need for Work and Family Policies in U.S. Department of Labor Visit
In a recent speech before the staff of the U.S. Department of Labor, First Lady Michelle Obama emphasized the Obama administration’s support for the Healthy Families Act and other work and family policies.
Are Workplace Wellness Programs Really as Innocuous as They Seem?
So, what’s wrong with the workplace wellness programs included in the Senate’s health care reform bill? That’s a fair question, and one you may have asked yourself if you saw some of the recent coverage of the issue.
