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Evelyn From The Internets Wants To Know…
We teamed up with YouTube goddess and real person Evelyn from the Internets to ask you a serious question: Have you ever gone to work sick? Watch our new video and share your [...]
5 (More!) Scary Facts About Working In Child Care
As Halloween nears and we prepare for tricks and treats, the scariest thing we’re seeing isn’t a ghost or a goblin; it’s the reality of how the U.S. treats the people who care [...]
Kids, You Better Start Saving Now!
Mother's Day is Sunday, and we’ve got some advice for all the kids out there: Skip the flowers. Forget the chocolate. Don’t spend your money taking Mom to brunch. Why? [...]
[WATCH] Crash Course on America’s Equal Pay Problem
Equal Pay Day is today. That's right -- on average, a woman would have to work until April 12, 2016 to make what a man made in 2015 alone. Think that's fair? Yeah, we don't [...]
A History That Might Surprise You (And Not In a Good Way)
Ask most parents in America about our current policies for making child care affordable, and they’ll agree: they aren’t working. And it turns out this problem has been around [...]
[WATCH] Meet Katie Rock: Mom & Make It Work Ambassador
"Every parent makes sacrifices for their kids, but you shouldn't have to sacrifice your job," says Katie, and she's spot on. Her son was born 2 months early and weighed only 4 [...]
[WATCH] Meet Rochean Cofield: Mom & Make It Work Ambassador
"Deshaan is ten, and she is the joy of my life."
[WATCH] #BlackFamiliesMatter
It's almost Thanksgiving, and like you, my family and I are getting ready to pull out all the stops! Turkey, family, and sweet potato pie are just three things I'm thankful [...]
[WATCH] Step 1.5
I have a confession to make: I’m a Millennial. There. I said it. And all the time, I hear negative things about my generation: that we expect too much or we don’t work hard [...]
Make It Work is the education arm of our campaign working to advance economic security for women, men and families across the country. America is ready for common sense workplace policies and ambitious solutions that will help people across the country “make it work.” To that aim, Make It Work is changing the conversation about work and family in this country.
Make It Work Action (MIWA) is the nonpartisan advocacy arm of Make It Work. MIWA engages in activities, including voter education, candidate “birddogging” and impacting public policy.