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Oct 30, 2024 |
“Post-Build Back Better, the reality is the paid leave is going to look different depending on the composition of Congress and and there are now different models on the table,” Frye said. “The other reality is that it’s complicated, it’s not like you can just slap it down and say, ‘Here it is.’ It’s going to take some time to think through what can really work …and I’d rather have her approach it that way.”
Oct 25, 2024 |
“After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, an estimated 6.7 million Latinas of reproductive age now live in the 26 states that have banned or are poised to ban abortion care, according to a recent analysis from the National Partnership for Women & Families and the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice.”
Oct 24, 2024 |
“The survey, conducted by Lake Research Partners on behalf of Small Business Majority and the National Partnership for Women & Families, found 79 percent of Michigan small businesses support enacting a national paid family leave program that would guarantee employees wage replacement for up to 12 weeks, funded by shared employer and employee contributions of 0.5 percent each.”
Oct 24, 2024 |
A scientific opinion poll released today shows that an overwhelming majority of small companies support a national paid family and medical leave program funded by a combination of employee and employer contributions.
Oct 23, 2024 |
“‘Warrantless law enforcement access to digital information related to reproductive health care, including location data, threatens reproductive freedom,’ Ashley Emery, senior policy analyst, reproductive health and rights at the non-profit the National Partnership for Women & Families, told 404 Media. ‘If law enforcement can bypass court approval needed to obtain sensitive data and instead use this new surveillance tool to track pregnant people and build cases against them, the implications for abortion and pregnancy criminalization are alarming. This risk is especially salient for Black women, brown women, and low-income women, who are already over-surveilled and over-policed.'”
Oct 18, 2024 |
“Latinas represent the largest group of women of color harmed by current or likely state bans, with nearly 6.7 million Latinas living in states that have banned or are likely to ban abortion, according to the National Partnership for Women & Families.”
Oct 17, 2024 |
The National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) and the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU), IFPTE Local 70, are proud to announce the ratification of their first collective bargaining agreement. National Partnership United (NPU), a chapter within NPEU, was formally recognized in January of 2021 and negotiations for a first contract began later that year.
Oct 16, 2024 |
“The Census Bureau calculates the gender wage gap by comparing only men and women who work year-round in full-time jobs. But a grimmer picture for women emerges from data that includes part-time workers, said Jocelyn Frye, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families.”
Oct 15, 2024 |
“All of us at the National Partnership for Women & Families were saddened to hear about the passing of Lilly Ledbetter. She was a true American heroine in every sense of the word and dedicated her life to fighting for equal pay and fairness for all workers.”
Oct 13, 2024 |
“Offering competitive paid leave benefits is becoming a business imperative. But the absence of any ‘standard’ paid leave package, coupled with a lack of benefits transparency, has made it challenging for companies to achieve this goal. To overcome these barriers, the National Partnership for Women & Families has launched a new initiative called the ‘Leading on Leave Index.'”
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