New York continues to raise wages and expand access to #PaidLeave and #PaidSickDays for thousands of public workers. www.rochesterfirst.com/news/new-yor...

NYS workers won a 19.3% raise and AI protections in new 5-year PEF contract

New York State and the Public Employees Federation finalized a five-year labor contract on Tuesday that provides approximately 60,000 government workers with nearly 20% in cumulative wage increases…

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Research shows that for employers offering paid parental leave, the savings from lower turnover often cover the cost of the benefit. anderson-review.ucla.edu/providing-pa...

Providing Paid Parental Leave Typically Costs Employers Less Than Replacing Workers Who Quit - UCLA Anderson Review

Custom database tracks movement of 5.3 million workers, reveals unappreciated economics of little-offered benefit

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DYK: Head Start has served more than 40 million children over the past 60 years? Now RFK Jr. is proposing harmful deregulation efforts, putting this vital program at risk! Tell Congress to call on HHS to #ProtectHeadStart by rescinding RFK's rule changes! actionnetwork.org/call_campaig...

Tell Congress to Stop RFK’s Attack on Head Start!

U.S. Department Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F Kennedy Jr. is attacking Head Start, proposing to eliminate most of the program's standards and rolling back regulatory rules. If enacte...

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Colorado and Minnesota lead the way in guaranteeing access to #PaidLeave and #PaidSickDays for workers, according to The Century Foundation’s new state ranking of access to care. tcf.org/content/repo...

Care Matters: A 2026 State Report Card on Care Affordability and Access

Download the Care Matters: A 2026 State Report Card on Care Affordability and Access PDF Care and caregiving are foundational to how society

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No one should have to choose between caring for their health or their family and keeping their job. The new @CLASP_DC report shares Southern workers’ experiences and shows how the lack of #PaidLeave costs workers physically, mentally, and financially. www.clasp.org/publications...

Inaccessible and Costly: Southern Workers’ Experiences with Paid Leave | CLASP

Lack of padi leave deepens poverty and inequity, especially for women of color. CLASP calls for worker-centered paid leave policies with job protection.

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States can support NICU parents in their communities by passing laws that let them take leave from work to be present with their babies. A new @abetterbalance.org guide outlines best practices for state NICU leave laws: www.abetterbalance.org/resources/be...

Best Practices for State NICU Leave Policies - A Better Balance

In the United States, nearly 10% of babies are admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for specialized care. A NICU stay is often an unplanned and

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Bills don’t stop when health or caregiving needs arise. Under the #FAMILYAct a typical worker would receive $9,709 for 12 weeks of leave – enough to cover basic expenses. nationalpartnership.org/families-can...

Families Can't Afford to Go Without Paid Leave | National Partnership for Women & Families

We all need time to care, but the rising costs of essentials mean that taking time away from work is out of reach for too many workers. For millions of Americans, paid family leave means being able to...

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The United States *can* take care of day care—and paid leave, and care for the aging and disabled, and health care, and more, because other countries already do. We find the means and the resources for the things we choose to invest in.

The U.S. still doesn't have a national #PaidLeave guarantee. But one in three workers is covered by a state paid leave program. This is a generational shift in policy – and it's still gaining momentum. 19thnews.org/2026/03/paid...

A record share of U.S. workers now have access to paid leave

There’s still no federal paid leave policy in the United States, but 14 laws now extend coverage to an estimated 46 million people.

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"With more women in the workforce, an aging population and employees working into their later years, the ability of families to obtain income replacement through CT Paid Leave can help them to balance work and caregiving obligations," says Erin Choquette #PaidLeave www.fox61.com/article/news...

Paid leave benefits available to a variety of Connecticut caregivers

Income replacement is available for those providing different types of care or reassurance for a family member who is experiencing a serious health condition.

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Excited to share our interactive map that gives a state‐by‐state breakdown of projected increases in SNAP costs due to changes in the megabill. Our tool makes complex projections accessible and actionable for policymakers, researchers, and advocates.

Our latest analysis breaks down what’s at stake—and why extending these credits is critical to protecting affordable care for millions of families. www.georgetownpoverty.org/issues/whats... #ACA #Medicaid #HealthInsurance #PremiumTaxCredit #Subsidies #HealthPolicy

The impact would be devastating for families, especially those earning just above the Medicaid threshold (~$16K–$23K/year). Many would see premium hikes so steep that coverage would simply be out of reach.

📣30 million people could lose health insurance in the next decade if enhanced ACA premium tax credits are allowed to expire.

The American Dream has a gender gap. Recent Morning Consult polling analyzed by TCF’s Gayle Goldin and Julie Kashen shows striking differences in how women and men are experiencing America’s affordability crisis. Learn more: go.tcf.org/gendergap @gaylegoldin.bsky.social @kashenj.bsky.social

The U.S. economy is losing a vital segment of its workforce as hundreds of thousands of women leave the labor force. A key reason? The widespread lack of #PaidLeave. @newsweek.com www.newsweek.com/hundreds-tho...

Hundreds of thousands of women are leaving the labor force—Report

Around 103,000 women aged 20 and over exited the labor force in June, while 163,000 men in the same age group entered.

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📣Nearly 73 million workers live in states that block local communities from making progress on paid sick days. New data from @npwf.bsky.social and @abetterbalance.org shows who bears the brunt of these unfair practices: nationalpartnership.org/psd-progress-blocked

Nearly 73 Million Workers Live in States That Block Local Communities from Making Progress on Paid Sick Days | National Partnership for Women & Families

Lawmakers in 18 states across the country – the majority of which are in the South – fail to guarantee that workers can earn paid sick days, and at the same time block local governments from setting t...

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The #OBBA would hit hardest families without college degrees and people living in rural areas who rely on SNAP and Medicaid. Check out @danilotrisi.bsky.social's analysis below! ⬇️

Danilo Leandro Trisi@danilotrisi.bsky.social · last yr.

The big winners of the #BigUglyBill will be the small percentage of people who make over $500,000 per year, while millions will lose health care & food assistance. It's striking that this is particularly true even for some groups that disproportionately voted for Trump:

The numbers don’t lie. The Senate just passed a bill that takes health care & food away from the many to pay for tax cuts for the few. These unfair trade-offs in the Senate bill are just as bad as they were in the House bill. (And it makes our debt soar!!) www.georgetownpoverty.org/issues/food-...

📣Americans’ unpaid caregiving is worth more than $1.1 trillion annually – and women are doing almost two-thirds of the work. #CareCantWait nationalpartnership.org/if-americans...

If Americans Were Paid For Their Caregiving, They Would Make More Than $1.1 Trillion | National Partnership for Women & Families

Caring for our loved ones and neighbors is critical, important work that our families and communities depend on and the economic impact of this work is enormous. Americans' unpaid care is valued at mo...

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Behind every paycheck is a woman balancing everything. We see you. We are you. Join us at the75million.org #The75Million

The 75 Million Campaign: Add Your Name

Attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion are attacks on all working women. Working women make up half the workforce — we are 75 Million strong. We are breadwinners, innovators, caregivers, and lead...

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The first-of-its-kind policy was supported by two state senators — Democrats Jeff Bridges and Yara Zokaie — whose children spent time in the NICU when they were born. www.instagram.com/p/DKuepeGOYYX/

Only 1 in 4 U.S. workers has access to paid family leave — and access is even lower for workers of color and low-wage earners. @NPWF honors employers setting the national standard on paid family and medical leave.

Leading on Leave | National Partnership for Women & Families

Highlighting private sector trends in paid leave policies and companies championing the work

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🚨 NEW from @americanprogress.bsky.social The Trump admin’s DOGE cuts have already slashed at least $3B in grants supporting women’s health, safety, and economic opportunity. Women of color will be disproportionately impacted. Read more ⬇️ 🔗 www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...

How the Trump Administration’s DOGE Cuts Are Harming Women

A new analysis by the Center for American Progress shows DOGE has cut at least $3 billion in grants for research, education, and other programs that help women and girls—especially women of color.

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State governments can do a lot to make parents' lives a little easier. Check out how Colorado just expanded its #PaidLeave program so parents with a baby in the NICU don't have to rush back to work. @abetterbalance.org www.abetterbalance.org/colorado-exe...

Colorado Exemplifies How to Build Upon Paid Leave Progress to Meet Families’ Evolving Needs - A Better Balance

Colorado continues to pave the way for strong work-family protections by modeling how these policies can be expanded to meet families' needs.

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📣1 in 3 people in the U.S. live in families participating in SNAP or Medicaid. The House bill takes away $1 trillion+ in food & health care while handing roughly the same $$ in tax cuts to families making over $500,000. We break down what it means for every state. 📊https://bit.ly/4mVaGif

My family relied on food stamps briefly when I was a kid—our country had our back, and all 7 of us kids grew up to give back to our communities.   Investing in nutrition assistance? Investing in SNAP? That’s an investment in people, and cutting SNAP won't help anyone.

Senator Patty Murray@murray.senate.gov · last yr.

We should NOT cut food assistance in America so that Trump can pad the pockets of billionaires and giant corporations. If Republicans won’t listen to common sense and common decency—then we are going to get a megaphone and shout it from the rooftops: HANDS OFF SNAP.

Everything she said! ⬇️ “A pro-family policy would allow families to make decisions around work that best suit them, for instance. Parents… mothers, may go in and out of the work force, or switch between full and part-time employment based on their caregiving needs and the age of their children.”

New York Times Opinion@nytopinion.nytimes.com · last yr.

“I don’t think most mothers want medals, no matter how many children they have. They want to be able to make ends meet with dignity, and our country is making that harder every day,” Jessica Grose writes.

New analysis from @saraestep.bsky.social and me for @americanprogress.bsky.social! Breadwinning mothers and women are literally supporting everyone- from the economy to their families. www.americanprogress.org/article/brea...

Breadwinning Women Are a Lifeline for Their Families and the Economy

A new Center for American Progress analysis shows that large shares of working women—both mothers and married women without cohabitating children—continue to be breadwinners for their families. Policy...

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As a first-generation Filipina-American, I’ve often felt invisible—like many of my AANHPI brethren. Invisibility is a tool of exploitation. That’s why I created a timeline of AANHPI history—to ensure our struggles, contributions, and resilience are seen and remembered. Read more: bit.ly/4d9RJDY

Railroads to Rideshare: AANHPI Labor Invisible No More - Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality

This AANHPI Heritage Month, we’re shining a light on the long history of AANHPI labor—often essential, too often invisible. From building railroads in the 1800s to driving rideshares today, AANHPI wor...

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