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Tell Congress: Advance Paid Sick Days with the Healthy Families Act!

Advancing equal pay, paid family and medical leave, paid sick days, breastfeeding rights, and other workplace justice policies from the local to federal levels.

The absolute worst part of becoming a new mother two years ago was trying to deal with my time off from work -- supporting myself and my family financially and guaranteeing that I would have a job to return to. I work for the University of Texas which is considered to have good benefits including "...Read more
Briana, Texas

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Premature Awareness Month
Breastfeeding Family Economic Security MomsRising MomsRising Near You Paid Family Leave

A Premature Birth Can Be Traumatic, Not Having Paid Leave Makes It Worse

11/14/18
Ever since I was little I knew I wanted to have kids. My husband and I married somewhat young, and we decided to try having kids when we were in our twenties, just in case it might not work out if we tried in our thirties. With our chosen professions in the food industry, there would have been no...
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Nicole Stoddard
It's Labor Day!
[Image description: graphic with a woman with brown skin with arm flexed as Rosie the Riveter. Text: “It’s Labor Day! Excited about the powerful wins for WA working moms and women? Minimum wage. Equal Pay. Sick and Safe Leave. Paid Family & Medical Leave]
Family Economic Security MomsRising MomsRising Near You Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Realistic & Fair Wages

Labor of Love: Thanking the Labor Movement for MOMumental victories

09/03/18
From a strong minimum wage to paid family and medical leave, Washington’s labor movement has been MOMumental in a slew of powerful wins for women and families.
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Maggie Humphreys
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[photo of 3 children, 2 adults crossing street with text: Back-to-School for Maryland With Earned Sick Days (FINALLY!)]
Family Economic Security MomsRising MomsRising Near You Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

QUICK SIGNATURE ➡️ Protect Maryland Earned Sick Days!

08/31/18
The pencils are purchased and lunch boxes are ready to be packed! It’s back-to-school time in Maryland! This year, kids and families across Maryland are returning to school with something extra exciting: EARNED SICK DAYS!!! That’s right, this is the first back-to-school season since we passed the...
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Ruth Martin
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QUICK SIGNATURE for Black Women's Equal Pay Day!

08/07/18
It’s happening. Again! And it’s not good. I’m talking about Black Women’s Equal Pay Day – August 7th. This is the day that lifts up the outrageous fact that Black women in the United States earn only 63 cents on the dollar compared to White men. The wage gap between White men and Black women hasn’t...
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Monifa Bandele
Work & Family
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Childcare & Early Education MomsRising MomsRising Near You Open Flexible Work Paid Family Leave

Make it Work: Transforming the workplace for families and moms

10/17/18
October is National Work and Family Month and it’s a good time to talk about the demands of both work and family. Workers, especially working parents, need workplace supports that help address deep systemic inequities based on race, class, and gender. We need policies that make it possible for...
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Seayoung Yim
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Family Economic Security MomsRising MomsRising Near You Open Flexible Work Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

Don’t GUT Michigan’s new paid sick time law!

10/03/18
Did you hear the news?! Michigan lawmakers passed a paid sick time law! That may seem like good news at first, but the truth is that it’s not that simple and we can’t totally celebrate...yet. Here’s the scoop: The MI Time to Care coalition collected nearly 400,000 signatures for a strong paid sick...
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Sara Alcid

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Tell the U.S. Senate: Support the FAMILY Act, not fake solutions!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/7897/">Tell the U.S. Senate: Support the FAMILY Act, not fake solutions!</a>

Working people in the United States need a national comprehensive and robust paid family and medical leave program that is more than just maternity and paternity leave and that does not threaten retirement income.

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Tell the U.S. Senate: Support the FAMILY Act, not fake solutions.

It's Past Time For Equal Pay.

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/7014/">It's Past Time For Equal Pay.</a>

Urge your elected officials to take action to close the women and mothers' wage gap!

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It's past time for Equal Pay!

Let's Talk About the Wage Gap & Help CLOSE the Wage Gap!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/7596/">Let's Talk About the Wage Gap & Help CLOSE the Wage Gap!</a>

On this #MomsEqualPayDay download your free copy of the equal pay chapter of #KeepMarching and use it to start conversations about the wage gap with your friends and family. 

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Let's Talk About the Wage Gap & Help CLOSE the Wage Gap!

NJ Thank-You Card! #PaidSickDays

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/7204/">NJ Thank-You Card! #PaidSickDays</a>

It is truly a new day in New Jersey, and in a few short months New Jersey will be a more just and fair place to live and work.

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Sign our Thank-You Card for NJ Legislators that passed #PaidSickDays!

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