Demand Congress pass Paid Leave for All working families!
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Dear Friend,
[ [link removed] ]→ We need your help to show Congress how critical paid family and
medical leave is for working families and our economy. Sign on and let
members know we want paid leave for all passed this year.
Right now, Congressional House and Senate members are negotiating the
Build Back Better Act and working on how best to support OUR families. In
the midst of an ongoing pandemic, we are dealing with rising COVID cases,
experiencing increased deaths among Americans due to the Delta variant
surge,[1] a labor market that has yet to fully recover, and nearly 7.5
million people who lost their unemployment benefits after the pandemic
extension ended on Labor Day. [ [link removed] ] Many families are barely getting by.
Passing paid family and medical leave within the Build Back Better Agenda
is a once-in-a-generation investment for all families and a boost to our
businesses and economy. Paid family and medical leave to bond with a new
child, heal from childbirth or one’s own serious health issues, provide
care and support for a loved one with a serious health crisis or deal with
a loved one’s military deployment will go a long way towards helping
families and businesses thrive during these uncertain times.
And military families are no strangers to uncertainty.
When a service member is notified of an impending call or order of active
duty to a foreign country, families are severely impacted. Both spouses
and service members maintain that deployments are the most stressful part
of military life [ [link removed] ] while children are often impacted negatively from the
effects of parental absence and constant relocations. [ [link removed] ]
Access to paid family and medical leave would allow military families time
to make financial preparations for their households, legal arrangements
like declaring a power of attorney and updating caregiving and family care
plans to include making childcare arrangements. Military families need
access to paid family and medical leave too.
[2]→ We need your help to show Congress how critical paid family and
medical leave is for military families. Sign on and let members know we
want paid leave for all passed this year.
We need immediate action. We need family friendly policies that will help
combat the high cost of child care and early education, expand access to
long term care for older adults and people with disabilities and provide
paid leave to people who need to care for a new child, care for themselves
or a family member with a serious illness or address a loved one's
military deployment. Studies show again and again that these policies
boost businesses and our economy alike. In fact, Moody’s Analytics
recently found that building a care infrastructure would boost our GDP by
10 -15 basis points in the long run. [ [link removed] ]
Paid family and medical leave can be the key difference between merely
existing and thriving. It’s not simply an economic issue, it is a racial
justice issue AND it is an equity issue. While paid leave is available to
some workers, that is not the case for many Black and brown families. [ [link removed] ]
Employees without paid family and medical leave are deciding how to both
work and care for their children and loved ones who have serious
illnesses. It is an unacceptable choice yet families make it everyday.
[3]→ The Care Infrastructure is just as important as the physical
infrastructure. Tell Congress that families need a Care Economy, we need
paid family and medical leave for all.
Black, Indigenous, People of color have been hard hit by the pandemic and
economic instability. Any paid leave policy needs to center equity,
gender, and ensure that all families are able to take advantage of the
program and utilize it for all leave taking purposes to include dealing
with a loved one’s military deployment. A policy that does not provide
adequate paid time off for those most at need, will not help workers or
their families.
[4] → Demand that Congress pass a robust and fully funded comprehensive
paid family and medical leave program this year.
We know that Congress is currently deliberating a paid family and medical
leave program that will be included in the reconciliation package. They
are on the right track. This policy is a worthwhile investment in American
families, in businesses, and in our economy. It should address the needs
of all working people, be inclusive, equitable and provide sufficient
leave time for all leave taking reasons including caring for one’s own
medical issues, family caregiving and parental leave.
All families need access to an equitable, robust and comprehensive paid
family and medical leave program.
Thank you for championing paid leave for all!
- Namatie, Ruth, Kristin, and the whole MomsRising.org/MamásConPoder Team
P.S. Personal experiences are powerful and can make a HUGE difference in
helping elected leaders understand how public policies impact families so
they can move change. 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] [6]Americans are dying at almost 10 times the rate of July; US to
provide 500M more doses to developing nations: COVID-19 updates
[2] [ [link removed] ]Pandemic unemployment benefits expired on Labor Day. Could they be
renewed?
[3] [ [link removed] ]How Military Families Respond Before, During and After Deployment
[4] [ [link removed] ]The Impact of Military Life on Children form Military Families
[5] [ [link removed] ]The Macroeconomic Consequences of the American Families Plan and
the Build Back Better Agenda
[6] [ [link removed] ]CBCF Panel Pushes Nationwide Policy for Paid Family Leave
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