Make paid sick leave the law across Illinois –
Paid sick time is about dignity. We all get sick sometimes. When we do, we shouldn’t have to risk losing our jobs or forgoing needed wages because we must stay home.
Do All Doctors Perform VBACs? Here’s What You Should Know – Romper – Romper
Currently, the United States has the lowest rate of VBAC of any industrialized country. In 2013 (the most recently updated year for stats), only 10 percent of all live births were VBACs, reported Childbirth Connection.
Wealth, not just wages, is the way to measure women’s equality –
To address these inequities, we need a broad menu of solutions that addresses income and wealth. On the income side, that means pushing for pay equity, affordable childcare and paid family leave.
How much bonding time you get with your baby is determined by how many co-workers you have. Is that fair? – How much bonding time you get with your baby is determined by how many co-workers you have. Is that fair?
“Family lives have changed dramatically in recent decades but our policies have remained frozen in a Leave-it-to-Beaver 1950s world which no longer exists,” said Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara).
Dr. Dipesh Navsaria: U.S. needs to catch up on paid family leave –
The United States is one of the only industrialized nations that does not offer paid leave to new parents. This flies in the face of extensive, long-standing research on the importance of the first thousand days of life.
Sheryl Sandberg Says Strong Policy Needed for Paid Leave –
Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg discusses paid family and medical leave during an interview with Bloomberg’s Emily Chang.
If Democrats Compromise On Abortion, Women Will Pay An Enormous Price – Bustle – Bustle
When a woman who wants an abortion is denied one, she is more likely to fall into poverty than a woman who is able to get the health care she needs, according to Sarah Lipton-Lubet, the vice president for reproductive health programs at the National Partnership for Women & Families. “Access to abortion is fundamental to women’s ability to participate equally in society,” Lipton-Lubet tells Bustle.
Senator King supports new paid family, medical leave legislation – ATORKING SUPPORTS NEW PAID FAMILY, LEAVE LEGI
Senator Angus King is standing with local business owners and showing his support for new paid family and medical leave legislation.
Here’s Another Way Working Mothers Are Penalized – ES ARE PE
No matter what strides individual working mothers make, the country’s lack of a paid family leave policy remains a burden to women and parents, in ways both big and small.
The price is right: Paid leave strengthens our families –
Because FMLA leave is unpaid and only applies to some workers, many others are still forced to make the difficult decision between being there for loved ones or returning to work out of financial necessity.
