Statement "Connecticut's working moms and the people who love them are counting on the House of Representatives to pass the paid sick days bill.
While the workforce has changed tremendously in the last generation, our laws haven't kept up. Nearly three quarters of moms are now in the labor force, and more kids than ever live in single parent households.
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May 30, 2011
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May 25, 2011
Statement “Today is a happy day for Connecticut moms and families. The Senate’s vote on An Act Mandating Employers Provide Paid Sick Leave to Employees (SB 913) puts the Nutmeg State one step closer to having a paid sick days law and MomsRising is delighted to have been a part of the effort to achieve this important goal.
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May 25, 2011
News release The Custom-Fit Workplace: Choose When, Where, and How to Work and Boost Your Bottom Line, a guide to successfully implementing flexible workplace policies authored by MomsRising founder Joan Blades and Nanette Fondas (an expert in organizations behavior and corporate strategy who holds a doctorate in Business Administration from Harvard Business School), has been honored for promoting viable options for positive social change.
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May 12, 2011
News release They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but earned sick days are what really keep Philadelphia families healthy. Moms and children this morning delivered “Apple-o-grams” – apples with messages – to the Philadelphia City Council urging them to support a bill that would guarantee workers the ability to accrue earned sick days.
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May 11, 2011
News release Action United, MomsRising and the Philadelphia Campaign for Earned Sick days will join moms and children to deliver “Apple-o-grams” – apples with messages from local families –and more than 700 letters to the Philadelphia City Council Members urging them to support a bill that would allow workers to sick days at:
9:15 AM, May 12
4th Floor, Outside of Council Chambers
City Hall
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May 4, 2011
News release In a challenging, overscheduled world, she was just a normal everyday mom, who became a legend by simply doing her best. Those words introduce a “movie trailer” that is really a fun and educational Mother’s Day video e-card that can be personalized so that the real-life mom behind this new “Hollywood summer blockbuster” can be anyone you want.
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April 27, 2011
News release We can no longer wait for paid sick days in this state. That’s the message that Connecticut Moms and other advocates for paid sick days will deliver to legislators who are members of the Joint Appropriations Committee. The group will hold a brief news conference before the delivery at:
10 am, Thursday April 28
Second Floor Atrium, Legislative Office Building
300 Capital Avenue
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April 12, 2011
News release Today, April 12, marks the date in 2011 when women will have finally earned the same amount of money, for the same work, that men earned in 2010. And this morning, MomsRising.org took to the halls of Congress to make sure lawmakers took note of Equal Pay Day, by delivering a memento and a clear message: “Don’t shortchange moms and daughters – families need equal pay for equal work.”
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March 22, 2011
News release Last fall, MomsRising member Dawn Josephson wrote to the advocacy group about how the Affordable Care Act would guarantee that her health insurance could not exclude her son’s pre-existing condition – something she had struggled with for several years, through several insurance companies. Her story was so touching that she was invited to a “backyard meeting” with President Obama in September to share her experience.
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March 1, 2011
News release “Mother knows best,” the old saying goes, and a coalition of organizations is hoping that the Connecticut Assembly will take that adage to heart when it comes to paid sick days legislation. Three moms representing MomsRising – the online and on-the-ground grassroots organization for moms and everyone who has a mom, working to achieve family economic security – testified before the Connecticut General Assembly Joint Labor and Employment Committee today in support of Senate Bill 913: An Act Mandating Employers Provide Paid Sick Leave to Employees (SB 913).
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