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Family Economic Security Open Flexible Work

June 23, 2014

Cross-posted from NWLC's blog Earlier today, I caught up with Kay Thompson and Sasha Hammad during a break at the White House Summit on Working Families . Kay spoke at the Summit about what having a predicable full-time schedule and a say in the timing of her work hours has meant for her family...

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Liz Watson

Family Economic Security MomsRising Near You Open Flexible Work Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy

June 21, 2014

My mom was sitting across from me at the kitchen table, coloring a kite for me to take the 837 miles from my home in Florida to Washington, DC.

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Meredith Tweed

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Open Flexible Work Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

June 19, 2014

Today, too many working Americans are falling further and further behind. Thanks to decades of failed policies, there just aren’t enough good jobs with good pay or access to quality, affordable child care and health care services for enough of America’s workers. How can we begin to fix this? It’s a...

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Courtney-Rose Dantus

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Health Care MomsRising Near You Open Flexible Work Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy

June 16, 2014

With the swipe of a paintbrush or click of a camera, your child can make a difference in the fight to end poverty. Not only that, they have the chance to win exciting prizes, and have their artwork showcased in a national campaign. As part of our mission to build the political and public will to...

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Melissa Boteach

Open Flexible Work Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

June 12, 2014

We're republishing this piece in celebration of Women's Equality Day and all Rep. Patsy Mink did to move women's rights forward.

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Shay Chan Hodges

Childcare & Early Education Open Flexible Work

June 5, 2014

This blog originally appeared on May 22, 2014 as part of the Religious Action Center’s blog series “Double Booked: A Conversation about Working Families in the 21st Century.” Double Booked deals with the many issues that affect working families - from paid family leave to rights for home care...

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Rachel Laser

Open Flexible Work

May 30, 2014

Flexible work options help moms and dads be more productive and better able to balance their work and personal responsibilities.

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Brie Weiler Reynolds

Family Economic Security Open Flexible Work Politics & Policy

May 22, 2014

By Amy Tannenbaum and Liz Watson , National Women's Law Center Cross-posted from NWLC's blog At Tuesday’s HELP Committee hearing on women’s economic security Senator Warren called attention to the extreme challenges workers in low-wage jobs with unstable and unpredictable schedules often face –...

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Liz Watson

Open Flexible Work Politics & Policy

May 22, 2014

How I learned that in order to lead, women (and parents!) need to lean on each other.

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Shay Chan Hodges

Open Flexible Work

May 21, 2014

Este artículo apareció inicialmente en PowerfulLatinas.com . Como Latinas, nos es necesario observar las tendencias y estar listas para nuestro propio futuro, y tomar roles de liderazgo en el país. Latinos tienen la Más Rápida Tasa de Crecimiento de Población De acuerdo a Census data, los Latinos...

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