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Press One to Save Your Home and Family

March 16, 2011
Below is the third installment of a five-part series, Too Little to Save , in which the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) highlights a family and describes their struggle with foreclosure. Mr. and Mrs. Navarro live with their 34-year-old daughter, a 16-year-old grandson, and an eight-year-old...
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Janis Bowdler
Paid Family Leave Open Flexible Work

What About Me?

March 15, 2011
The Huffington Post recently named the growth of workplace flexibility at Fortune 500 companies as one of the top stories of the last decade . That's no surprise if you look at corporate data. A recent survey of CEOs found that the #1 investment challenge facing business in the next decade is "...
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Kathleen Christensen
Paid Sick Days Health Care Open Flexible Work

Limping Along

March 15, 2011
In the first ten weeks of this year, we've missed 11 days of work due to school holidays or a sick kid. We're not even through the first quarter yet. If the rest of the year is like this quarter, we'll miss more than 40 days of work by the end of the year. How can that be?
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Katrina Alcorn
Open Flexible Work

International Women's Day

March 15, 2011
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org March 8 was the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, when our social, political, and economic progress is celebrated all over the world. Truly, our achievements are significant,...
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Valerie Young
Realistic & Fair Wages

Now About the Matter of Size

March 14, 2011
Last week, women commemorated the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day -- a worldwide celebration of women's progress. The American piece of this epic story began in Lawrence, Massachusetts, when 25,000 mill workers took to the streets to protest for better wages. One particularly...
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Erica Payne
Health Care

Romancing the Affordable Care Act

March 12, 2011
When you have kids, anniversaries can get short shrift. Suddenly, a quick pizza lunch can suffice for a romantic date. But anniversaries are important not just to mark what we have achieved, but also to renew our commitment to going forward. This March 23rd is the Anniversary of the passage of the...
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Donna Norton

Who Suffers without Collective Bargaining in Wisconsin? Families.

March 11, 2011
A new development in the Wisconsin union story occurred a couple nights ago when Wisconsin’s Republican state senators discovered a roundabout way, without any of their Democratic colleagues present, to pass a bill that will strip collective bargaining for public sector employees in the state. The...
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Clark Jennifer
Health Care Food!

Prescription drugs in Pregnancy: Tell the FDA you need to know the facts

March 10, 2011
When a pregnant woman comes down with a cold or minor infection, the information about what options are safe for treating her symptoms often are nonexistent. Similarly, if a woman is being treated for a chronic illness, pregnancy can throw her treatment regimen into disarray with uncertainty about...
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Senator Herb Kohl

WA: We've Got to Break Out the Capes!

March 9, 2011
Here is what's keeping me up at night: Last week in Washington D.C., Congress passed a federal funding bill that decimates key programs that keep families in our country working. And here's how I get back to sleep: I know that legislators in our state, the other Washington, can do better. They can...
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Sarah Francis
Health Care

Want an Extra Rebate this Tax Season? You May Qualify

March 8, 2011
The countdown to tax day is on and it’s safe to assume you’re either gathering receipts and scrambling to fill out forms or putting off the inevitable for yet another day. Either way, when you do sit down to scrutinize every last detail in your attempt to keep as much of your profits this year as...
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John Arensmeyer

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