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August 5th, 2013 marks the 20-year anniversary of the Family Medical Leave Act – the nation’s first law guaranteeing most workers job-protected unpaid leave for certain medical or family emergencies. This week our blog will focus on the importance of family and medical leave programs and the need to pass the next generation of family and medical […]

August 5th, 2013 marks the 20-year anniversary of the Family Medical Leave Act – the nation’s first law guaranteeing most workers job-protected unpaid leave for certain medical or family emergencies. This week our blog will focus on the importance of family and medical leave programs and the need to pass the next generation of family and medical […]

Today, state senators in  two states – New Jersey and Pennsylvania – announced plans to introduce Pay It Forward bills in their state legislatures. In Pennsylvania, Senator Daylin Leach (D-Montgomery/Delaware) cited rising costs and burdensome debt for students and families as his call to action. “Today’s economy presents a unique set of challenges that college […]

August 5th, 2013 marks the 20-year anniversary of the Family Medical Leave Act – the nation’s first law guaranteeing most workers job-protected unpaid leave for certain medical or family emergencies. This week our blog will focus on the importance of family and medical leave programs and the need to pass the next generation of family and medical […]

August 5th, 2013 marks the 20-year anniversary of the Family Medical Leave Act – the nation’s first law guaranteeing most workers job-protected unpaid leave for certain medical or family emergencies. This week our blog will focus on the importance of family and medical leave programs and the need to pass the next generation of family and medical […]

August 5th, 2013 marks the 20-year anniversary of the Family Medical Leave Act – the nation’s first law guaranteeing most workers job-protected unpaid leave for certain medical or family emergencies. This week our blog will focus on the importance of family and medical leave programs and the need to pass the next generation of family and medical […]

Last week, the Washington State Labor Council (WSLC), AFL-CIO, hosted their 2013 State Convention. The convention is an annual gathering of of the WSLC’s more than 500 affiliated labor organizations, representing about 400,000 members across Washington. Members meet to discuss issues affecting the state’s working families and to establish WSLC’s policies and priorities for the […]

Don’t you feel lucky to live in this great state? Every day this summer we have had blue skies, mountains you can seemingly touch, sunny days and cool nights. Look west and gaze over Puget Sound to the Olympics. Look east and take in Mount Pilchuck and the Cascades. Look north and find Mount Baker. […]

President Obama and Nancy Pelosi have shifted the economic debate in our nation’s capital back onto the right track with a renewed focus on working women and the middle class. The 30-year experiment with supply side economics – including deregulation, cutting taxes on wealthy individuals and corporations, and slashing public investments –  has been great […]

Wal-Mart recently announced that if Washington, D.C. enacts a stronger minimum wage, they will stop all planning for three new stores and reconsider ongoing construction on three other centers. That’s got to be great news for Costco, which already has a store in D.C. and pays its employees well above the national minimum wage. The […]

Via Washington Work and Family Coalition Families in Rhode Island will now have access to paid family and medical leave thanks to new legislation signed into law by Governor Chafee last week. Championed by We Care Rhode Island and Family Values at Work, Rhode Island’s Temporary Caregivers Insurance (TCI) allows workers to take paid time […]

Today, Representative Larry Seaquist pledged to introduce legislation for Pay It Forward, a program that could enable Washington students to attend college and graduate debt-free. Rep. Seaquist discussed the legislation during an interview with KUOW noting  that he will sponsor a “Pay It Forward” bill in the 2014 legislative session. Pay It Forward is a new […]

As the U.S. climbs out of the Great Recession, Wall Street and big banks are enjoying record-high profits, at the expense of middle and low-income families still struggling to gain an economic foothold since the economy’s collapse. This economic “recovery” is one for the few, not the many. According to a study by Berkeley economists, […]

Change is afoot at EOI. I’d like to introduce you to the newest member of our team: Maggie Humphreys, our new Communications Manager. Maggie brings her passion for “putting values into action” at just the right time – our former communications manager Alex Stone is heading off to the University of Washington’s Evans School of […]