More than 400 organizations in all 50 states have joined together to push for passage of the Family And Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act, a new federal proposal to ensure working people have access to some income during a family or medical leave. To mark the bill’s introduction last week, and to urge Congress to prioritize its passage, coalition members published blog posts, issued press statements, wrote op-eds and more. Below are highlights.
The press also heralded the bill’s introduction. Check out these pieces at the New York Times’ Motherlode and The New Old Age blogs, E.J. Dionne’s column in the Washington Post, the Washington Post’s On Parenting blog, MSNBC’s The Cycle and Salon.
Coalition Blog, Statement and Op-Ed Highlights:
9to5, National Association of Working Women
Paid Leave Keeps Women in Their Jobs and That’s Good for the Economy #FAMILYAct (MomsRising)
A Better Balance
The FAMILY Act: A Long Overdue Investment in Our Families
AFL-CIO
Paid Family Leave: We Shouldn’t Have to Choose Between Our Families and Our Jobs
American Association of University Women
Making Work Work: We Need Paid Family and Medical Leave
American Sustainable Business Council
Policy Points: Policies for a Sustainable Workforce (TriplePundit)
Center for Economic and Policy Research
Can Paid Family Leave Increase Men’s Participation in Parenting?
Why America Needs Paid Parental Leave
Center for Law and Social Policy
Only 4 Percent of the Lowest-Wage Workers Get Paid Family Leave: Could a New Law Change This? (YES! Magazine)
Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Law Would Help Employers Do Good and Do Well
Demos
The New Push for Paid Family Leave (The American Prospect)
Direct Care Alliance
Direct Care Alliance Applauds Federal Paid Leave Legislation
How the FAMILY Act Will Help Direct Care Workers, Their Clients, and Our Economy (MomsRising)
EMILY’s List
Women Working for Working Women (Huffington Post)
Family Equality Council
Paid Sick Leave Bill Introduced in the House and Senate
Family Values @ Work Coalition
These 2 Adorable Children Are Excellent Reasons To Pass A No-Brainer Law (Upworthy)
Value Families with the FAMILY Act
Feminist Majority
Feminist Majority Celebrates Introduction of Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act (FAMILY Act)
Human Rights Watch
Dispatches: How Congress Can Deliver for Working Families
Institute for Women’s Policy Research
Bridging the Gap: Bringing the Benefits of Paid Family Leave to American Workers #FAMILYAct
Mi Familia Vota
Mi Familia Vota Applauds Federal Paid Leave Bill to Help Working Families
MomsRising
The FAMILY Act – Stitching Up a Hole in the Safety Net
National Council of Jewish
Women NCJW Welcomes Introduction of the Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act
National Partnership for Women & Families
Being family friendly takes more than words (The Hill)
Take It From Moms: America’s Families Need the FAMILY Act (MomsRising)
The FAMILY Act is Badly Needed to Update the Outdated Workplace Policies That Are Hurting America’s Families
The FAMILY Act—Legislation the Nation Needs Now (Working Mother)
National Women’s Law Center
America’s Scarlet Letter
Support When It’s Needed Most: The FAMILY Act
Paid Family Leave California
Paid Family Leave Makes a Difference to Low Income Families
SEIU
FAMILY Act Would Help Working Families
UFCW
UFCW Urges Congress to Pass FAMILY Act ASAP
Working Mother
FAMILY Act to Be Introduced to Congress; Paid Leave on the Agenda
