To: The United States House of Representatives and The United States Senate

Tell Congress: It's time for Paid Family Leave—pass the FAMILY Act!

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Please co-sponsor the FAMILY Act and do everything in your power to make sure paid family leave becomes a much-needed national workplace standard.

Why is this important?

Right now in the United States only 13% of U.S. workers have access to paid family leave—and the U.S. is the only industrialized nation in the world without this critical policy. It's past time for this to change. I ask that you sign on to co-sponsor the FAMILY Act, a social insurance program that would provide workers—including those who are self-employed and/or work part-time—with much-needed income while they, or a family member, deal with the arrival of a new baby or a serious health issue. The new, self-sustaining fund would be created through very small, shared costs to employees and employers.

Support for paid family (maternity/paternity) and medical leave is huge: 81% of Americans agree that paid leave is good for our nation!

We've got the public support, and now we need Congress to act on it.

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  • WE NEED PAID FAMILY LEAVE NOW.
    Julie M. 2019-05-23 13:26:09 -0400
  • Out of 193 countries in the United Nations, only a small handful do not have a national paid parental leave law: New Guinea, Suriname, a few South Pacific island nations and the United States. Right now in the United States only 13% of U.S. workers have access to paid family leave—and the U.S. is the only industrialized nation in the world without this critical policy.
    Andrea C. 2017-03-24 12:44:49 -0400
  • Come on, US, let's get with the global program here! with love, travis (first-time father)
    Travis W. 2017-03-24 12:27:52 -0400
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