By: Shoshana Hershkowitz, Statewide Organizer for Education and Childcare, Citizen Action of New York — We’ve made child care a front and center issue in our state legislature. We’ve advocated for policies that raise child care providers’ wages, simplify the process for parents, and expand [...]
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Carol Joyner, Executive Director of Family Values@Work Action released the following statement regarding President Biden’s FY2024 budget: “Family Values@Work Action applauds President Biden for prioritizing care and working families in the federal budget proposal. It is often said that budgets are moral documents and yet it is rare to see
Today, we recognize and celebrate the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the nation’s first leave law, enacted February 5, 1993. It provides up to 12 weeks of job-protected, unpaid leave to care for yourself or a seriously ill family member, to welcome a new child into your life or manage during
Written by Carol Joyner Once again, those who center women and others providing and needing care have a dilemma. A budget reconciliation proposal, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, is on the table that addresses several things we all badly need: energy security and climate change policies, health care extensions
By: Kendall Masterson I have always hated being an only child. I berated my parents for not giving me a sibling — on birthdays, Christmas, Easter, and even in daily conversation. My incessant pleading lasted from my formative loneliness at age six on vacations, watching other families have what seemed
Sanchioni Butler remembers trying to unionize workers four years ago at a Nissan plant in Canton, Mississippi, as a union rep for the UAW. After Nissan engaged in a massive union-busting effort, the union lost the vote. [...]