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Senator Murray Continues Push for Paid Sick Days as More Than 180 Groups Call on Congress to Pass the Healthy Families Act

“U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D – Wash.) sent a clear, unmistakable message to paid sick days advocates across the country today: We should continue our aggressive work in support of the Healthy Families Act because she will do everything possible to pass it...

As Senate Compromise on Trafficking Bill is Announced, Women’s Leader Vows to Continue Fight Against the Hyde Amendment

“While we are pleased that the Senate will, at last, vote to confirm Loretta Lynch to serve as attorney general, we condemn the attempt to use the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act as a vehicle to advance the radical anti-choice agenda. Even though the...

Women’s Leader Praises White House for Recognizing ‘Champions of Change’ for Working Families

“This week, the country focused on families’ economic security and the need for fair wages on Equal Pay Day and around the push to raise the minimum wage. We are especially grateful that President Obama and members of his administration spoke out so...

Medicare and Medicaid: 50 Years of Improving the Lives of Women and Families

If there was ever a moment that illustrated how public policy can transform people’s lives, it may have come 50 years ago today when President Lyndon Johnson signed the Medicare and Medicaid programs into law.Over the past half-century, these programs have...

New Data and Stories Make the Case for a National Paid Sick Days Standard

All workers should be able to take paid sick time when they get the flu or need medical care, or when a child has a fever and needs to see a doctor. And yet a new series of fact sheets released today by the National Partnership puts into stark relief just how much...

Illinois Youth Leaders Campaign to Repeal Parental Notification of Abortion (PNA) Law

My heart dropped when I heard the news on July 13th, 2013. In just one month, a youth-targeted abortion law was going to be enforced — a law that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Illinois had held off through litigation since 1995 — requiring...

Know Your Rights: Emergency Paid Sick Days and Paid Leave for Child Care and Coronavirus (Simplified Chinese)

Simplified Chinese | With the coronavirus pandemic affecting nearly everyone in the country, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) provides many workers new rights to paid sick time and paid family leave.

Know Your Rights: Emergency Paid Sick Days and Paid Leave for Child Care and Coronavirus (Traditional Chinese)

Traditional Chinese | With the coronavirus pandemic affecting nearly everyone in the country, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) provides many workers new rights to paid sick time and paid family leave.

New Polling Confirms Strong, Broad Support for Paid Family and Medical Leave

The FAMILY Act, a comprehensive paid family medical leave proposal, continues to win high levels of support, even after voters hear about costs. Just-released polling finds that 75 percent of voters would support a national paid family and medical leave policy that...

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