Mary Harris Jones herself would have gotten a chuckle out of this: We’ve received a mash note from Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-La.) congratulating MoJo for “successfully using flexibility to meet both business and employee goals.” Of course you knew that Crapo and Lincoln’s offices coordinate the Senate Staff Work Group on Workplace Flexibility; the letter comes on occasion of the Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexbility, which rewards how well companies deploy things like flex time, family leave, telecommuting, etc. (Yes—MoJo staffers who blog at 2 a.m. have the option of doing it from home!) Worth noting that of the more than 100 honorees, very few (including us and the Girl Scouts) are nonprofits, while most are large companies (primarily tech) or law firms, accounting firms, and such. It’s not the only major award we’ve won or been nominated for lately, and we’re proud to add it to our expanding trophy closet.
