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The Family and Medical Leave Act: 20 Years of Working for Working Families

Mary Beth Maxwell | Posted 04.17.2013 | Politics
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Mary Beth Maxwell

Twenty years ago, Congress enacted into law a simple and fundamental principle: workers should not have to choose between the job they need, and the family members they love and who need their care. But what happens to workers when employers do not comply with the FMLA?

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Pink Washing the Dangers of Bottled Water

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Plastic Pollution, Polycarbonate, Water Bottles, Smartwater, Plastic Bottles, Breast Cancer Fund, Polyethylene-Terephthalate, Environmental Working Group, The American Chemistry Council, Food & Water Watch, Epa, Estrogen, Breast Cancer, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Fda, Prostate Cancer, Synthetic-Estrogen, Perfluorinated Carbons, Plastic Pollution Coalition, Bpa, Bisphenol A, PET Plastic Bottles, Pfc, Sparkletts, Green News
Lisa Kaas Boyle

Perhaps Sparkletts is promoting an alliance with a cancer charity as a PR strategy to distract consumers from Sparkletts' more significant association with their bottles, which are made with a known carcinogen -- BPA.

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