The Coalition has been heavily involved in the development of Paid Family and Medical Leave along with our coalition partners for over five years. PFML was passed in 2018 as part of the Grand Bargain, and CSJ has supported the implementation process to date.
“New Sick Leave Benefits Now Available To Massachusetts Residents”-Daily Voice
"Senate President Karen Spilka joined members of “Raise Up Massachusetts” and other supporters of the new legislation to celebrate its passing on Thursday afternoon. 'Fifteen years ago, I set out to ensure that no one in Massachusetts would have to choose between...
“Caregiver leave celebrated as 2018 law takes full effect”- MetroWest News
"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 could have...
“Caregiver Leave Celebrated As 2018 Law Takes Full Effect”- WBUR
"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 time, it felt...
“MA Workers can now take up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave to care for ill relatives.”- Mass Live
"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 Democrat said."...
“Massachusetts has ‘strongest’ paid family medical leave program in nation, supporters say”-Boston Herald
"'This is a program that levels the playing field, particularly for our small businesses, and makes Massachusetts a more competitive place to be able to attract and retain talent, and grow businesses,' Sen. Jason Lewis..." Read more at:...
“Paid leave advocate: I can’t take back the time that I lost, but I can fight for my fellow Americans”- MSNBC
https://www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/watch/paid-leave-advocate-i-can-t-take-back-the-time-that-i-lost-but-i-can-fight-for-my-fellow-americans-111136325688
“Details released on $75m emergency sick leave program” – CommonWealth Magazine
"Elizabeth Whiteway, a senior attorney at Greater Boston Legal Services, who has worked on the issue on behalf of the Coalition for Social Justice, said the policy is a way to recognize that there are gaps in existing sick leave laws and all workers need...
“Minimum wage hike, paid sick time take effect in Mass.”- Bay State Banner
“'Community, labor and religious groups collected 359,000 signatures from voters in 2017 and 2018, which catapulted a $15 minimum wage and paid leave to be passed by the Legislature,' Lew Finfer, co-director of Massachusetts Communities Action Network, said in a...
“Mass. Paid Sick Time Support Swells Amid Second Surge” -WBUR
"'Five days is simply not enough to get through a 14-day COVID-19 quarantine period and eight months into the COVID crisis, many workers with sick time banks have used up their state sick time, even as the winter surge hits us,' Anabel Santiago, grassroots coordinator...
“Paid sick time support swells amid second surge” -Herald News
"The emergency paid sick time amendment Raise Up supports would allow workers not covered by the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act to access an additional 10 paid sick days for immediate use during the COVID-19 pandemic.... Raise Up said employers would...
New coalition forms around early education and care- Taunton Daily Gazette
"The letter to the committee was signed by representatives of 41 groups, including the Alliance for Business Leadership, the Massachusetts Association of Early Education & Care, Massachusetts Business Roundtable, Boston Democratic Socialists of America,...
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