[ [link removed] ]We need paid family leave now

Petition to Congress:
"Pass the Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act and establish an
insurance plan to provide paid family and sick leave to every working
American."

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Dear John,

[ [link removed] ]We need paid family
leave now

Donald Trump's America is the only industrialized nation that fails to
offer paid family and medical leave. That's not a problem if you are a
Wall Street executive who can take time off when you or a relative falls
ill. But for everyone else, it means choosing between a paycheck and your
health or a paycheck and your loved ones.

This year, Trump's budget once again included a bogus paid family leave
proposal that opens to the door to Republican sneak attacks on Social
Security.^1 But while Trump violates the Constitution and schemes against
the social safety net, progressives are proposing real, concrete plans to
make our country stronger.

The FAMILY Act would establish an insurance plan to provide paid family
and medical leave to every working American.^2 At a time when working
people face so many challenges, it's more important than ever to rally
behind the most progressive plan in Congress.

[ [link removed] ]Tell Congress: We need paid family leave now. Click here to sign the
petition.

New parents should not have to choose between caring for their children
and keeping their jobs. Yet more than 25 years after Congress passed the
Family and Medical Leave Act – which requires some employers to allow
employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to attend to family and
health-related matters the United States remains the only industrialized
nation in the world that does not offer all citizens paid family or
medical leave.^3

The raw numbers behind that fact are staggering. Eighty-three percent of
U.S. workers do not have paid family or medical leave – leaving more than
100 million people struggling when they or a loved one gets sick. Right
now, low-wage earners and women make up a disproportionate number of
workers without paid family and medical leave. No wonder it has support
from more than three quarters of Republican, independent and Democratic
voters.^4

The progressive FAMILY Act would give people up to 12 weeks of paid time
off, earning up to two-thirds of their regular wages, to care for new
children or deal with serious family or health issues. It is funded by a
small increase in payroll taxes – less than $2 per person – instead of
pitting family leave and earned Social Security benefits against each
other like Republican plans do.^5

With Trump trying to soften his despicable image by putting paid family
leave in his budget, there is more and more talk that Republicans and
Democrats may come together to get something done. We need to make sure
the strong, progressive Family Act is the standard for any paid family
leave plan.

Tell Congress: We need paid family leave now. Click below to sign the
petition:

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Thank you for speaking out,

Heidi Hess, Co-Director
[ [link removed] ]CREDO Action from Working Assets

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References:

 1. Emily Peck, "[ [link removed] ]Trump’s Parental Leave Proposal Is Pure Hypocrisy,"
HuffPost, March 12, 2019.
 2. National Partnership for Women and Families, "[ [link removed] ]Coalition Letter,"
May 6, 2019.
 3. Ibid.
 4. Ibid.
 5. Peck, "[ [link removed] ]Trump’s Parental Leave Proposal Is Pure Hypocrisy."

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