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Paid Family Leave

Shocking New Study: Half of NYC Without Paid Sick Days

Dan Cantor | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Paid Sick Days, New York City Council, Working Families Party, Gale Brewer, Paid Family Leave, New York City, New York, New York State Paid Family Leave Coalition, New York News
Dan Cantor

If you’re sick, stay home.  That’s not just common sense, it’s advice public health officials dealing with Swine Flu and other ...

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Stopping Swine Flu: Paid Sick Days for All New Yorkers

Dan Cantor | Posted 10.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Paid Sick Days, Working Families Party, Mayor Bloomberg, Paid Family Leave, New York City, Swine Flu, New York News
Dan Cantor

For the more than one million New Yorkers who do not have a single day of paid sick leave where they work, staying home with the flu may not be an option.

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Don't Want Swine Flu with Lunch? Then Offer Paid Sick Leave

Steven Hill | Posted 07.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Paid Sick Days, Congress, Paid Sick Leave, Health Care, Paid Family Leave, Barack Obama, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Swine Swine Flu Mexico, Delauro, Business News
Steven Hill

The spread of the H1N1 virus has prompted Obama to urge workers with flu symptoms to "stay home." But for far too many Americans, that is easier said than done.

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Peaceful Revolution: Why Breastfeeding Needs To Be Part of Health Care Reform

Melissa Bartick | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Maternity Leave, Health, Cardiovascular-Disease, Obesity Epidemic, Breast Cancer, Why to Breastfeed, Diabetes, Breastfeeding-Legislation, Benefits of Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding-in-the-Workplace, Momsrising, Paid Family Leave, Family, Living News
Melissa Bartick

Our nation faces epidemics of obesity, breast cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease that could be partially mitigated by the funding of an infrastructure around breastfeeding.

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Obama's Inbox on Women and Work: Welfare, Job Equity, and Education

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women, Welfare, Education, Unemployment, Economy, Working Families, Barack Obama, Recession, Gender, Job Losses, Labor Reform, TANF Program, Labor Department, Peter Edelman, Paid Family Leave, Infrastructure, Green Infrastructure, Unemployment Benefits, Bill Clinton Welfare Reform, Politics News
Philip N. Cohen

Although the recession is hitting men's employment more directly, overall women's employment rates in the 2000s have fallen more, and progress toward gender equality has stalled.

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Peaceful Revolution: What Women Wish Gwen Ifill Could Have Asked

Ellen Bravo | Posted 11.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Vice Presidential Debate, Child Care, Women Voters, Gwen Ifill, Sarah Palin, Joe Biden, Paid Family Leave, Living News
Ellen Bravo

I work with eleven statewide coalitions representing a million people, all fighting for policies that value families at work. Here are some questions we wish Gwen Ifill had been allowed to ask.

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