Tell Congress to pass the American Families Plan and fully implement paid
leave as quickly as possible so that the United States will finally have
permanent and robust paid leave for all.
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quickly to finally pass paid leave for all.
Dear Friend,
I’ll get right to the point. Because of President Biden’s American
Families Plan, we have the best chance to win nation-wide paid family and
medical leave that we’ve ever had before. If we keep the pressure on
Congress, we could win paid leave for all THIS YEAR.
[ [link removed] ]→ Tell Congress to act quickly to pass the American Families Plan and
fully implement paid leave as quickly as possible so that the United
States will finally have permanent and robust paid leave for all.
President Biden’s paid leave plan “will ensure workers receive partial
wage replacement to take time to bond with a new child, care for a
seriously ill loved one, deal with a loved one's military deployment, find
safety from sexual assault, stalking, or domestic violence, heal from
their own serious illness, or take time to deal with the death of a loved
one. It will guarantee 12 weeks of paid parental, family, and personal
illness/safe leave by year 10 of the program, and also ensure workers get
three days of bereavement leave per year starting in year one. The program
will provide workers up to $4,000 a month, with a minimum of two-thirds of
average weekly wages replaced, rising to 80 percent for the lowest wage
workers.” [1]
Building off of President Biden’s historic plan, we must push Congress to
pass the American Families Plan and fully implement paid leave as quickly
as possible so that the United States will finally have permanent and
robust paid leave for all.
Paid leave for all is a commonsense, no-brainer policy that is looooooong
overdue, but there are still some members of Congress who don’t think paid
leave is urgent...
We aren’t leaving anything to chance. That’s why we’re joining with Paid
Leave for All and other organizational partners to launch a $6 million
campaign to win paid leave this year. [2]
The dollars are important, but without YOUR grassroots support, we won’t
win.
[ [link removed] ]→ Add your name to our letter now calling on Congress to support and
pass paid leave for all as part of the American Families Plan.
Even before the pandemic, many families found themselves forced to figure
out how to care for themselves or a loved one when a critical health
crisis arose with zero weeks of paid leave. This was hard before the
pandemic, but now it’s harder than ever, especially for women, who have
lost 5.3 million jobs during the pandemic and particularly women of color
who lost most of those jobs. [3] Even before the pandemic, workers and
their families lost a combined $22.5 billion in wages each year due to a
lack of paid family and medical leave. [ [link removed] ] The lack of access to paid
leave also leads to higher costs in unemployment, hospitalizations, and
health care, and compounding financial losses to businesses and families
alike.
It. Should. Not. Be. This. Way.
The pandemic has made crystal clear what was already obvious. Paid leave
saves lives, paid leave saves jobs. It must be passed now.
We are one of the only countries in the world without a national paid
leave policy, which meant that when the pandemic hit, we were unprepared.
It should be a given that you should not work and spread illness when you
are critically sick and recovering, that you should never have to choose
between your family and your paycheck, your life and your livelihood. Our
families need and want a sustainable paid leave policy in place so that
families and businesses are never scrambling for piecemeal solutions when
critical illness strikes, a serious family caregiving crisis arises, or a
new child arrives.
This bears repeating: Paid leave is the key to our long-term health,
stability, and prosperity. Paid leave saves jobs. Paid leave saves lives.
If we want to build back better, paid leave has to be a part of our
infrastructure and included in an economic recovery plan, along with other
key jobs, small business, and infrastructure priorities.
[4]→ Add your name to our letter urging Congress pass the American
Families Plan and fully implement paid leave as quickly as possible so
that the United States will finally have permanent and robust paid leave
for all.
Care is care is care: Whether it’s to care for a newborn you swear already
smiles, to recover from COVID, or a spouse battling cancer, being there
for family is what matters. No one should permanently lose their job when
an urgent and unexpected family matter arises.
Please share this link with your friends and family so they can take
action, too.
Together we’re a powerful force for our families.
-Ruth, Namatie, Kristin, and the whole MomsRising.org/MamásConPoder Team
PS: Personal experiences are powerful and can make a HUGE difference in
helping elected leaders understand how public policies impact families. We
want to hear more from YOU! Can you take a second and follow the link
below to share your personal story about how having, or NOT having, access
to job-protected paid leave has impacted your family in the pandemic?
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References:
[1] [ [link removed] ]The White House Fact Sheet: The American Families Plan
[2] Politico Playbook: [ [link removed] ][link removed]
"FIRST IN PLAYBOOK II: By all accounts, the American Families Plan will
include paid family and medical leave. But progressive groups are not
taking any chances.
Paid Leave for All, a consortium of advocates that includes Family Values
@ Work, Main Street Alliance, MomsRising, the National Partnership for
Women & Families, Paid Leave for All Action and PL+US, will announce today
that it’s spending $6 million on a media and organizing campaign “ahead of
President Biden’s American Jobs and Families Plan address, doubling down
on its commitment to passing a permanent, national paid family and medical
leave policy.”
[3] [ [link removed] ]CNBC: Women’s Labor Force Participation Rate Hit 33 Year Low hits
[4] [ [link removed] ]Center for American Progress: American Workers are losing nearly 32
billion annually due to lack of policies supporting working families
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