Family Economic Security

Environmental Health Family Economic Security

February 27, 2013

Sequestration is both an ugly word and hard to explain. As a budget wonk, I like to use this metaphor: It’s as if the American people are being squeezed into the back of a dilapidated Chevy pick-up. Careening down a dirt road, we’re headed for a brick wall. Try as we might to wake up from this...

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Jo Comerford

Family Economic Security

February 14, 2013

According to IWPR analysis of the January employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), released February 1, 2013, job growth was stronger for women (102,000 jobs) than men (55,000 jobs), for a total of 157,000 jobs added to nonfarm payrolls during the month of January. In...

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Caroline Dobuzinskis

Paid Family Leave Family Economic Security

February 8, 2013

This blog carnival was updated several times, including on February 6, February 7 and February 8, 2013. You read that right. Its been 20 years since the United States passed job-protected, unpaid family medical leave for families to care for themselves during time of illness, or to celebrate the...

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Carol Joyner

Paid Family Leave Family Economic Security

February 8, 2013

This blog post originally appeared at the Coalition of Labor Union Women . It is hard to believe that 20 years have passed since the Family and Medical Leave Act became law. The Coalition of Labor Union Women was an active proponent for years, and passage of family and medical leave was a critical...

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Carol Rosenblatt

Paid Family Leave Family Economic Security

February 7, 2013

Photo: Margaret W. Nea, Bread for the World Have you ever had to choose between keeping your job and caring for a sick family member? Not really a fair choice, is it? Unfortunately, for many people, and Latinos in particular, being a responsible employee and being a good family member are mutually...

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Alicia Criado

Paid Family Leave Family Economic Security

February 6, 2013

As breastfeeding advocates, we know the incredible impact the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) has had on millions of families across the nation. Day after day moms come forward ready to share the story of their breastfeeding journey, telling of the barriers they faced and the ways they overcame...

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Cathy Carothers

Paid Family Leave Family Economic Security

February 5, 2013

This column originally appeared in The Hill's Congress Blog . Today is the 20th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act, the first bill President Bill Clinton signed into law and the first national law ever to help workers meet the dual demands of work and family. In the two decades since...

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Debra L. Ness

Paid Family Leave Family Economic Security

February 5, 2013

Having a baby is not for the faint of heart. We women put our physical safety on the line to be pregnant and deliver a baby -- even American women, who have access to the most highly educated of medical professionals, the most advanced of medical technologies, and the most gleaming of sterile...

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Kelly Singleton Dalton

Paid Family Leave Family Economic Security

February 5, 2013

Today we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act, or FMLA. Legislation that has been used an estimated 100 million times – by moms and dads to take care of new babies, by adult children to care for ailing parents, by husbands and wives to care for a spouse with a serious...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Paid Family Leave Family Economic Security

February 5, 2013

“In my current career, I have had the blessing and misfortune to use FMLA twice. Once to bring a child into the world, and once to grieve the loss of my eight-year-old son. I am fortunate that my union contract has expanded the benefit beyond the basic requirement of the law, but that expansion...

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