The Rhode Island General Assembly passed the Healthy and Safe Families and Workplaces Act, benefiting more than 100,000 employees in the state as well as protecting all workers from retaliation ... More
In November 2016, New Jersey Working Families Alliance held a Working Families Summit, developing a policy agenda to move the state's working families forward. ... More
At last night's council meeting, Plainfield finally joined the growing number of New Jersey communities that guarantee a worker's right to earn paid sick time. As Latino Action Network President Christian Estevez said last night, "Getting sick should never ... More
Yesterday’s elections were a familiar mix. There was the terrific news out of Maine and Seattle, where citizen initiatives on public financing of elections were passed. And there was the horrendous, most prominently in Kentucky, whose new Governor never met ... More
by Aliyya Swaby via New Haven Independent Dina Lara delivered 9,000 petitions to the police officers blocking the entrance of her former place of employment—after leading a protest demanding better treatment for workers. She ... More
By Kent Pierce via WTNH NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) – A West Haven woman claims she was fired for speaking out in ... More
Behind the momentum for paid sick leave BY KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL, Tuesday, June 30, 2015 Last week, the Supreme Court upheld a core provision of the Affordable Care Act, quashing the Republican ... More
Over the past year or so, we’ve been fighting for family-friendly workplace policies in what we called the Women’s Economic Agenda. Our economy isn’t working for far too many workers, but it’s even harder for women, who face a gender wage ... More
In an unprecedented 9-0 vote, Maryland's Montgomery County became the newest jurisdiction to pass paid sick leave legislation. Starting in October 2016, the most populous county in Maryland will follow in the footsteps of eighteen cities and four ... More
When women succeed, we all succeed. But right now, women are making less than men for the same work, can't take a day off if they're sick, and are getting paid a sub-minimum wage in the majority female service industry. We ... More
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