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Dear Friend,
Thirty years ago, the *unpaid* Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was
signed into law, and while FMLA is great if you’re covered and if you can
afford unpaid leave- it’s not good enough. Three decades is far too long
to wait for the promise of paid leave for every worker just like every
other industrialized nation already has.
[ [link removed] ]→ Tell your members of Congress: Let’s go far and beyond the Family and
Medical Leave Act by passing Paid Family and Medical Leave NOW!
30 years ago, leaders and advocates fought to get the FMLA across the
finish line. And today, our congressional champions and the Biden-Harris
Administration are still in the fight to pass paid family and medical
leave for every worker. So far, 13 states and the District of Columbia
have prioritized working families by passing paid family and medical leave
laws– and we applaud the White House for continuing to emphatically
support a national paid family and medical leave program for families
across the country! [1]
Only 6 nations in the entire world don’t have this critical policy in
place; and the US is one of them. It’s past time to catch up.
You might be saying to yourself, I’ve heard this before, but I’m here to
tell you that we are all on the same page. The White House’s recent memo
on the State Legislative Convening on Paid Leave proves that they are
committed to advancing paid family and medical leave throughout the
country [ [link removed] ], and we’re going to keep the pressure on, until they do!
Furthermore, the Biden-Harris Administration announced new actions to
advance women’s economic security by issuing a Presidential Memorandum
“encouraging heads of Federal agencies to provide access to leave for
Federal employees when they need it, including during their first year of
service,” and ensuring those in the military have access to 12 weeks of
paid parental leave.
In addition, the Office of Personnel Management is directed to provide
recommendations regarding safe leave; supporting federal employees access
to paid and unpaid leave for reasons related to seeking safety and
recovering from domestic violence, sexual violence or dating violence,
sexual assault or stalking. Any of which could include obtaining medical
treatment, assistance from organizations that provide services to
survivors, relocation and taking related legal action. [ [link removed] ]
And on top of that, during the State of the Union Address, President Biden
powerfully reiterated his administration’s pledge to, “make sure working
families can afford to raise their families with access to sick days and
paid family and medical leave, and affordable child care that will enable
millions more people to go to work.” All of these executive actions around
paid leave are a big deal. It matters that the White House is using their
bully pulpit to lift up the need to win paid leave for all - we need to
build on this momentum and push Congress to act.
[2]→ Tell your members of Congress: Let’s go far and beyond the Family and
Medical Leave Act by passing Paid Family and Medical Leave NOW!
Leaders and advocates have been in this fight for 30 years plus and you
know why? Because of people like you, and families like yours and mine who
are in need of policies that work for them, ones that will allow them to
maintain their jobs while addressing their caregiving responsibilities.
We’ve been fighting hard to win legislative change like paid family and
medical leave to help our families achieve economic security by keeping
employees, especially women whose labor force participation has decreased
dramatically, in part due to caregiving responsibilities, attached to the
workforce. Moms and families continue to face impossible choices; caring
for their loved ones or a paycheck-it doesn’t have to be this way. There
is broad and undeniable support from workers and small businesses that
paid family and medical leave is beneficial and desperately needed.
But it has been 30 years, Congress needs to go beyond FMLA by finally
passing comprehensive paid family and medical leave for every worker!
Everyone deserves time to care; time to care for a new child, time to
recover and heal from childbirth, time to care for our own serious health
condition or that of our loved ones, our families and our chosen families!
We need Congress to invest in us and invest in our families by passing
comprehensive paid leave. We all deserve paid family and medical leave.
[3]→ Tell your members of Congress: Let’s go far and beyond the Family and
Medical Leave Act by passing Paid Family and Medical Leave NOW!
So, happy 30th anniversary to the FMLA - now let’s get *paid* leave across
the finish line so we have even more to celebrate next year!
Thanks for your tireless advocacy,
-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 or affordable, quality
child care has impacted your family?
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References:
[1] [ [link removed] ]State Paid Family Leave Laws Across the U.S.
[2] [ [link removed] ]Readout of White House State Legislative Convening on Paid Leave
[3] [ [link removed] ]FACT SHEET: Biden- Harris Administration Announces New Actions to
Support and Advance Women’s Economic Security
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