by csjadmin | Jul 27, 2021 | Housing, News
Housing is an issue we are continuing to follow and stay engaged on. New Bedford eviction actions mount as legal services languish...
by csjadmin | Jul 19, 2021 | Civic Engagement, News
A great delegation of CSJ advocates attended a virtual hearing on redistricting on Monday. Two of our summer interns presented their research: “’Our conversations with citizens of Fall River tell us that this divide creates confusion, not only on the part of...
by csjadmin | Jul 2, 2021 | News, Story of The Month
Raise Up MA held a press conference on Thursday, July 1st to celebrate! Check out the articles below: Boston Herald “Massachusetts has ‘strongest’ paid family medical leave program in nation, supporters say” Massachusetts has ‘strongest’ paid...
by csjadmin | Jul 2, 2021 | News, Paid Leave
“Fairhaven resident Christine Lavault said when her husband, a Korean War veteran, found out he had lung cancer she had to continue working because she was the only source of income. ‘If I had paid family leave, I could have taken him to the doctor. I...
by csjadmin | Jul 1, 2021 | News, Paid Leave
“Beth Fauteaux, a member of the Coalition for Social Justice, said she was pregnant with her son in 2013 and after giving birth found herself going back to work three weeks after undergoing a caesarean section. ‘It was either that or be homeless. At the...
by csjadmin | Jul 1, 2021 | News, Paid Leave
“Senate President Karen Spilka, who joined PFML supporters Thursday, said she couldn’t get paid leave as a state employee after she gave birth to her children in the 1980s. ‘I vowed if I was ever in the position to change that, I would,’ the Ashland...
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