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Help Home Care Workers Get Basis Workplace Protections


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  Help Home Care Workers Get Basic Workplace Protections  
     
   
     
  For decades, home care workers have been underpaid and undervalued. Tell the Department of Labor to extend minimum wage and overtime protections today!  
     
  Take ActionWWW.NWLC.ORG  
     

We have labor laws for a reason — because fair workplace practices shouldn’t be options subject to the whims of an employer.

Most workers in America are entitled to minimum wage and overtime protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). But one group of workers — home care workers — is still denied these basic labor rights.

Who are these workers? They are everywhere, in nearly all of our communities. They are overwhelmingly women (about 9 out of 10) and are disproportionately women of color. These workers take care of elderly and disabled Americans — perhaps your family members — who need extra help at home. Most are employed by the fast-growing home care industry. But this difficult, extremely important work has been deprived of FLSA protections for decades.

Today, we have an opportunity to extend federal minimum wage and overtime protections to home care workers. But we need your help!

The Department of Labor has proposed a regulation that would extend federal minimum wage and overtime protections to home care workers, lifting many of them and their families out of poverty, and helping to close the wage gap for women.

For one more week, the Department is accepting comments on this regulation. The home care industry and other opponents of minimum wage and overtime protections are mobilizing in opposition. It’s vital for people who care about fair pay and economic security for women to take action and make their voices heard!

These workers have been denied these rights far too long. The clock is ticking — please, take two minutes to help the caregivers who work so hard to help our families in times of need. WWW.NWLC.ORG

The deadline for comments is next Monday, March 12. Please act now, before it’s too late!

Sincerely,
 
Joan Entmacher   Joan Entmacher
Vice President, Family Economic Security
National Women’s Law Center 		 

P.S. Please help us continue to advocate for policies that protect and improve economic security for women and their families by making a generous donation today.
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Take Action Today: Urge Congress to Support the Internatio​nal Affairs Budget – CARE


On February 13, President Obama released his FY2013 budget, which includes $56.2 billion for international affairs. Such resources demonstrate his strong commitment to supporting development and humanitarian programs that help fight global poverty.

Today for International Women’s Day, some of CARE‘s leading advocates are on Capitol Hill meeting with their policymakers and raising their voices in support of the International Affairs Budget, which has a very real impact on the lives of women and men with whom CARE works.

Will you join them? As Congress begins the process of deliberating the President’s request, they need to hear your voice. Please contact your representatives and senators TODAY — you can help make a difference.

The International Affairs Budget is a strategic, cost-effective investment that helps tackle the root causes of poverty and helps us respond to humanitarian crises. It represents a practical and smart investment in building a prosperous, stable and secure world. Only one percent of the total budget is for foreign assistance; truly a small investment that yields big returns for our nation and the world.

We need to act now to show our policymakers that Americans support these critical programs. Urge your members of Congress to support the International Affairs Budget now!

Sincerely,

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Helene D. Gayle, MD, MPH
President and CEO,

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White House videos – President and … Netanyahu, Business Roundtable, News Conference


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President Obama speaks to the Business Roundtable before a meeting to discuss job creation, the economy, and their new report “Taking Action for America.” March 6, 2012.More
 
President Obama Holds a News Conference

President Obama discusses new steps to support homeowners and their families as well as the situation in Iran. March 6, 2012.More
 
 
President Obama’s Bilateral Meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel

President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel speak to the press before a meeting in the Oval Office. March 5, 2012.More
 

The President delivers remarks at the 2012 AIPAC Policy Conference at the Washington Convention Center. March 4, 2012.More
 
 

Effective conservation is about more than protecting the environment, it’s about strengthening the economy. March 2, 2012.More
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Tell Congress to Dump DOMA …Michael Keegan, People For the American Way

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A rapidly growing number of Americans now live in states that grant the basic rights and responsibilities of marriage to same-sex couples. But DOMA prevents the federal government from recognizing any of these relationships!
Tell Congress: It’s time to Dump DOMA.

Within  the last few weeks, the governors of Washington and Maryland signed into law  bills giving legal recognition to same-sex marriages, and a federal district  court judge ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act  (DOMA) violates the Constitution’s equal protections clause.

If ever we had the momentum on our side to once and for all repeal  the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act it’s now.

Tell Congress it’s time to Dump DOMA now.

As more and more Americans live in states where marriage equality  is the law, it’s important to underscore the sharp reality that as long as those same-sex  married couples are being denied federal recognition,  they are still shut out from hundreds of rights and benefits that other married  couples enjoy.

PFAW launched our Dump DOMA campaign in December of 2008, and  since then, it’s been joined by nearly 165,000 people and there are bills in  both the House and the Senate to repeal the law that prevents even those  same-sex couples in states with marriage equality from truly enjoying the  rights, responsibilities and recognition that they and their relationships  deserve.

Please make sure you are on board at DumpDOMA.org.

The  Respect for Marriage Act, which would repeal DOMA, has passed the Senate  Judiciary Committee, thanks to the energetic support of Senators Dianne  Feinstein (D-CA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and others. Representative Jerrold  Nadler‘s (D-NY) companion bill has bipartisan support in the House and the  Obama administration supports repealing the law.

We  need to keep the pressure on Congress now more than ever.

Please  add your name to the petition now and then help spread the word.

Thank  you for your committed activism on behalf of fairness and equality — the American Way.

Sincerely, Michael B. Keegan signature Michael Keegan, President