Carol Joyner is the National Policy Director for the Labor Project for Working Families, a national non-profit organization that builds alliances between unions, advocacy and community groups to advance and implement family-friendly workplace policies.
Carol Joyner
Carol Joyner is the National Policy Director for the Labor Project for Working Families, a national non-profit organization that builds alliances between unions, advocacy and community groups to adva
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May 6, 2013
This week, Martha Roby (R-AL) will introduce the same discredited comp time bill that leaders in her party have been pushing for years. Misleadingly titled “The Working Families Flexibility Act,” HR 1406 would permit private sector employers to offer compensation time in lieu of overtime pay to their hourly work force. At first glance the idea seems great: flexible time, family friendly. What’s not to love? Public sector workers can answer this question. In 1985, Congress voted to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) allowing government employers to offer comp time in lieu of overtime...
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February 8, 2013
This blog carnival was updated several times, including on February 6, February 7 and February 8, 2013. You read that right. Its been 20 years since the United States passed job-protected, unpaid family medical leave for families to care for themselves during time of illness, or to celebrate the birth or adoption of a child. Even more incredible, the law has been used a whopping 100 million times since its enactment! We have so much to celebrate. We also have so much more to do! MomsRising.org and the Labor Project for Working Families invite you to show your support for the FMLA, and also...
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February 5, 2013
Today we celebrate 20 years of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). This ground-breaking legislation, signed into law by President Clinton, sent a powerful statement across the country about the role our government has in strengthening families. It said loud and clear that above all -- family comes first! Historically, this has been the labor unions’ mantra. What are living wages, health care, retirement security and paid leave but a robust package of economic security for families? In this blog carnival, labor leaders celebrate the FMLA’s 20th Anniversary and remind us all of an...
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April 17, 2012
I agree with those of you who were bothered last week by Hilary Rosen’s statement that ,“Ann Romney never worked a day in her life”. But I think I would have been ok if she only added two words - “for pay”. (That is assuming Ann Romney never has worked outside of her home for pay). Truth is that wealthy women like Ms. Romney have choices and most women who stay home don’t – they can’t afford the costs of working for pay. This is the part of the story that was glossed over. Now that today is “Equal Pay Day”, we can shine a light on the real point that I think Ms. Rosen wanted to address. But...
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