Paid Family Leave

Breastfeeding Military Families Paid Family Leave

March 27, 2017

Paid Family Leave for military families has rapidly changed in the past two years, and the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act brings even more changes. While some of these changes appear to be improvements for military parental leave, several points of the new law have left us with some...

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Amy Barron Smolinski, MA, ALC, CLC

Breastfeeding Childcare & Early Education MomsRising Near You Open Flexible Work Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Podcast

March 20, 2017

Most of us spend a great deal of time at work - with our colleagues, doing our job. This can be a wonderful thing or a true challenge. When we feel valued, work can be an amazing thing – you feel part of something, appreciated and engaged. This is something every company should strive for, but how...

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Christina D'Allesandro

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget MomsRising Near You Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

March 15, 2017

Some days are just amazing – and last week I had one of those days. I was able to attend an awesome concert and facilitate an amazing discussion with a fabulous group of people in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts at an awesome event organized by pianist Sarah Bob and her emerging Nasty Cooperative. The...

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Christina D'Allesandro

Paid Family Leave

March 14, 2017

The constant stream of news out of Washington, D.C. is exhausting and I don’t know about you, but I am looking for every opportunity to put my energies where I know I can make a difference. You can make a difference, right here in Connecticut, by urging your state lawmakers to stand up for...

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Tina Sherman

Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

March 13, 2017

We won the first time and we’ll win again by stomping out the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad bills introduced by Councilmembers Cheh, Evans, and Gray – and by ensuring that DC’s paid leave program receives its rightful start-up funding to get up and running for DC families.

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Sara Alcid

Family Economic Security Immigration MomsRising Paid Family Leave

March 6, 2017

YOU are being heard! This week we had the opportunity to directly bring forward the voices and policy priorities of moms, dads, and people across our nation to elected leaders in Washington, DC -- including Senators Sanders and Cantwell (pictured) -- who have the power to make an impact. Leaders...

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Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

March 1, 2017

The United States is long overdue in embracing policies that would make it easier for working families to both do their jobs and care for their families. In his first speech to Congress, President Trump expressed his desire to make child care affordable and ensure new parents have access to paid...

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Liz Ben-Ishai

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Maternal Justice MomsRising Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy

February 24, 2017

It’s been a little over a month since the Women’s March. I was humbled and honored to have been part of the sister march in Miami, FL, and to this day still have not been able to wrap my mind around the magnitude of the experience. Today, I think about the energy and drive it took for all those who...

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Lina Acosta Sandaal

Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration MomsRising Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

February 20, 2017

You’re making a big difference! Last week, after more than 30,000 of you sent messages opposing Trump’s completely unqualified nominee for the U.S. Secretary of Labor, Andy Puzder, along with a wide spectrum of engagement activities from a growing movement…. Drum roll please… that nominee dropped...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

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Paid Family Leave

February 15, 2017

Can you believe that in the United States only 14% of workers --and only 5% of low-wage workers --have access to paid leave through their employers? American workers need a national paid family and medical leave policy that checks ALL the boxes: It needs to be ACCESSIBLE to all workers, offer a...

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Tina Sherman