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04/07/09

Since December 2008, Aequus Partners has been tracking the response of human resource (HR) professionals to the global financial crisis (GFC) – in terms of agility (how quickly can HR turn on its toes and change tack – e.g., from talent acquisition to retention?) and thought leadership (how can HR help pull businesses back from “knee jerk” retrenchments?).

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Juliet Bourke

04/03/09

Honestly, I never knew visiting legislators at the State Capitol could be this fun. On Tuesday, nine MomsRising members, five kids (the youngest was 5 months!) and I spent the day urging legislators to do their part to expand healthcare coverage for kids in California.

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Ashley Boyd

Realistic & Fair Wages

04/03/09

Click here to read the whole post from Your (Wo)man in Washington®.

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Valerie Young

Environmental Health Health Care

04/03/09

When I became a mother, I always thought that I could trust products that I purchased for my children. Now, every day, it seems, a new scientific study emerges showing chemical exposure in products we once thought to be safe. How did this happen?

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stefanie

Health Care

04/03/09

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Stephanie Hendricks

Environmental Health Health Care

04/02/09

I'd love to feed my kids knowing that the food and water I give them are safe. You? But I can't. Why? Because the safeguards in this country are so weak that there's rocket fuel in infant formula. I mean, how bad can it get?

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Lisa Frack

Environmental Health

04/01/09

Open Flexible work gives parents the ability to decide how, when and where they work, regardless of their level in an organization. Examples of Open Flexible work are: flexible scheduling; telecommuting/virtual work; job sharing; career customization; taking babies to work; part-time work options and quality on-ramps for parents who take time away from work.

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Janet Hutton

04/01/09

I’m Hannah Sassaman – an organizer and a MomsRising member who lives with a joyful extended family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I spent most of my childhood outside of Springfield, Massachusetts, though, where my family had to work every day with my mom’s serious illnesses.

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Hannah Sassaman

03/29/09

My daughter Minju has a peanut allergy. So, my wife and I are used to reading labels to avoid products with peanuts.

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Dara ORourke

03/27/09

Click here to read the whole post from Your (Wo)man in Washington®.

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Valerie Young