Posts Tagged ‘working families’
Status of L.D. 1665
In: Labor|Maine Women's Lobby|Paid sick days|Senate President Libby Mitchell
22 Mar 2010By now you may have heard the news: the Maine Legislature will not take up a bill to provide paid sick days for Maine workers. Without support from some members of the labor committee the sponsor, Libby Mitchell, committed to making sure this committee doesn’t leave Maine people with nothing, proposed an amendment where workers [...]
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- Tags: L.D. 1665, Labor, Paid sick days, working families
Hearing on Healthy Families Act beginning!
In: H1N1 Flu|Labor|Maine Women's Lobby|Paid sick days|swine flu
11 Jun 2009The federal Health and Education Committee is about to start a hearing on the Healthy Families Act – paid sick days for US workers. Rajiv Bhatia, from San Francisco’s department of public health, is on deck after the bill’s sponsor Representative Rosa DeLauro and Rep. Grayson. You can watch it live . And we’ll be [...]
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- Tags: Healthy Families Act, Maine Women's Lobby, Paid sick days, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, US Congress, Women, working families
What do all these organizations have in common?
In: Discrimination|Family Caregiver Protection|Family Responsibilities Discrimination|Maine State House|Maine Women's Lobby
18 May 2009..They support L.D. 962 “An Act to Protect Family Caregivers” Among them: American Cancer Society, Disability Rights Center, Equality Maine, League of Young Voters, Legal Services for the Elderly, Mabel Wadsworth Women’s Health Center, Maine Center for Economic Policy, Maine Centers for Work and Community, Maine Children’s Alliance, Maine Civil Liberties Union, Maine Employment Lawyers [...]
Family Friendly Policies are "Critical to Empowering Employers" says, First Lady Michelle Obama
In: Discrimination|Family Caregiver Protection|Family Responsibilities Discrimination|Obama|Paid sick days
7 May 2009On May 7, Michelle Obama spoke at the Corporate Voices for Working Families Annual Partners Meeting in Washington, D.C. The First Lady talked about balancing work and life and the importance of family friendly policies that benefit working families and strengthen the competiveness of American business. Corporate Voices for Working Families is the leading national [...]
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