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Guides and Toolkits

  • A Job and a Life: Organizing and Bargaining for Work Family Issues

    Advance a successful work family agenda in your union. Our step-by-step guide is designed for union leaders, activists, negotiating teams and organizers. The guide includes strategies, survey questions, sample contract language, and model unions programs to help you organize and bargain for work family issues. The guide also includes samples state laws to help you advocate for family friendly policies.

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    For bulk orders, contact us at info@working-families.org or call (510) 643-7088.



  • Flex Pack: A Toolkit on Organizing, Bargaining and Legislating for Worker-Controlled Flexibility

    Make flextime a powerhouse organizing tool for your union. The Flex Pack will give you the tools you need to organize, bargain and advocate for worker controlled flexibility. Find out why union members want more job flexibility, how to tell genuine flextime from “fake flex” gimmicks and what flextime options are worth bargaining for.


  • Quality Child Care: A Guide for Working Parents

    Help your union address the child care needs of your members. Use our child care guide to learn more about bargaining for child care, as well as to help your members understand and identify quality child care options. Although this guide is relevant for all working parents, it does include California-specific resources and was produced in partnership with the California Federation of Teachers.