One woman’s story about losing her wages and nearly losing her home when she had to take a short leave to care for her daughter and her dad. Shelby Ramirez – a mother of two, caregiver, full-time worker and student in Denver, Colorado – talks about the sacrifices she’s had to make without paid leave.Continue reading “The Importance of Paid Family and Medical Leave: Shelby’s Story”
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Watch: Voices from the Front Lines
Voices from the Front Lines – a powerful new video from Family Values @ Work – combines a series of real-life vignettes about the struggles of working families across the country. From new moms forced back to work days after giving birth to hard-working dads stringing together part-time jobs to make a living wage, theseContinue reading “Watch: Voices from the Front Lines”
Equal Pay for Women Requires Paid Time to Care
As we pause to commemorate Equal Pay Day – the day well into the year when the earnings of women working full time catch up with men’s earnings from the previous year – many people are asking why women earn so much less than men. The answer? Because women’s employers pay them so much lessContinue reading “Equal Pay for Women Requires Paid Time to Care”
Washington Work and Family Coalition 