Healthy Families Act

Continuing the Commitment to Working Mothers and Families

Debra L. Ness | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Workplace Equality, Pregnancy Discrimination, Paycheck Fairness Act, Paid Sick Days, Paid Leave, Fair Pay, Congress, Working Women, Mothers Day, Rebuild America Act, Healthy Families Act, Wage Discrimination, Equal Pay, Women News
Debra L. Ness

The sad truth is that becoming a mother in this country too often means the loss of a job and/or the beginning of financial hardship.

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Lack of Paid Sick Days May Claim Latino Lives

Elisa Batista | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Latinos, Health, H1n1, Swine Flu, Paid Sick Days, Social Safety Net, Momsrising, Study, Productivity, Healthy Families Act, Latino Politics, Latino Prosperity, Latino Voices News
Elisa Batista

To Latino workers, really, all American workers, I say enough is enough. We can't afford to see what will happen the next time a flu pandemic sweeps our nation.

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Discussions and Prospects for Extended Time Off Policy

David Gray | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Time Off, Healthy Families Act, Health Care Legislation, Tea Party, Barack Obama, Work Family Balance, Politics News
David Gray

Mandated paid leave remains a key priority of labor and women's groups. However, there are many obstacles standing in the way of federally mandated paid leave.

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Erin Brockovich, Seventh Generation Launch Million Baby Crawl Campaign (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cleaning Products, Children, Million Baby Crawl, Exposure to Chemicals, Organic Cosmetics, Chemicals, Babies, Legislation, Toxic Chemicals, Diapers, Infants, Activism, Seventh Generation, Erin Brockovich, Green Cleaning Products, Kids Safe Chemicals Act, Healthy Families Act, Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, Video, Green News

Oh baby! Seventh Generation has teamed up with Erin Brockovich and Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families in order to overthrow the old chemical legislatio...

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Peaceful Revolution: Let Sick Workers Stay Home

Katie Bethell | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Swine Flu Employment, Healthy Families Act, Employee Rights, Centers for Disease Control, Swine Flu, Health, Healthy Living News
Katie Bethell

What employer would want someone with the swine flu to show up at work? As it turns out, lots of them.

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Peaceful Revolution: Let Sick Workers Stay Home

Katie Bethell | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Employees Swine Flu, Healthy Families Act, Centers for Disease Control Swine Flu, Swine Flu, Healthy Living News
Katie Bethell

What employer would want someone with the swine flu to show up at work? As it turns out, lots of them.

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Governor Schwarzenegger's Proposed Cuts Hurt Elderly, Disabled, Hungry Most

Judy Patrick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Budget Crisis, California Budget Cuts, Healthy Families Act, Politics News
Judy Patrick

At noon on Sunday mornings the church I attend in downtown Oakland distributes about 100 bags of food. Those who line up to receive these bags are usu...

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Redefining "Disability" for the Benefit of Workers.

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Donna Dolan, The Mobility Agenda, New York State Paid Family Leave Coalition, Drum Major Institute, Disability, Temporary Disability Insurance, Sara Flocks, Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act, Carolyn Maloney, Healthy Families Act, Working Family Time to Care Act, Sick Days, Business News
Arlene M. Roberts

The arrival of a newborn is usually joyous. But the mood is often tempered by the reality of time off from work. Paid family leave is the logical solution, but logic does not always prevail in legislative chambers.

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