August 30, 2018 in Economy, Paid Family and Medical Leave, Paid Sick Days, Workers' Rights, Working Families
By: Michelle Sternthal, Senior Domestic Policy Advisor, Oxfam America Popular rhetoric in the U.S. pits workers against businesses. How often does one hear, “Worker protections saddle businesses and stall the economy! Increasing the minimum wage will scare away businesses! Regulations kill jobs!” In so many policy conversations, we are told that labor laws must be […]
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February 5, 2018 in #FightingForFamilies, FMLA, National Partnership for Women and Families, NPWF, Paid Family and Medical Leave, Vicki Shabo, Week of Action
As part of SiX’s 2018 #FightingForFamilies Week of Action, Vicki Shabo, the vice president for workplace policies and strategies at the National Partnership for Women & Families, wrote a guest blog commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and explaining the importance of fighting for a real national paid family and medical leave plan that doesn’t leave anyone behind. […]
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July 1, 2016 in 2016 Session, Climate Change, Conservative, Criminal Justice Reform, Education, Election Reform, Equal Pay, Health, Immigration, LGBTQ, Minimum Wage, Paid Family and Medical Leave, Paid Sick Days, Politics, Preemption, Progressive, Reports, Reproductive Rights, Retirement Security, Sexual Assault Survivors’ Rights, State Innovation Exchange, State Legislation, Voting Rights, Wage Theft, Working Families
As we look back at 2016 legislative activity in statehouses across the country, and as partisan gridlock in Washington keeps Congress at a standstill, it’s clear the most important policy fights have shifted to the states. This year, progressives and conservatives continued to battle at the state level over laws that will impact our lives […]
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