NJ Working Families Alliance 2017 Platform
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
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Paid sick days for Plainfield!
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
Inside Scoop: Off off year election results
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
Fired Nursing Assistant Demands Labor Rights
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
Nurse claims she was fired for speaking about workers’ rights
By Kent Pierce via WTNH NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) – A West Haven woman claims she was fired for speaking out in ... More
Katrina Vanden Heuvel’s WaPo Paid Sick Days op-ed
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
Our book is here!
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
Victory! Montgomery County Council Unanimously passes Paid Sick Leave
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
How we’re advancing women and families in 2015!
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
President Obama honors NJ Working Families director Analilia Mejia
Today, New Jersey Working Families Director Analilia Mejia went to Washington to be honored by President Obama as one of twelve "White House Champions of Change." In the last eighteen months, ... More