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CONTACT: press@paidleaveforall.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WASHINGTON – A new nationwide poll of 600 small business owners from the Paid Leave for All Campaign found that about two-thirds (64%) of small businesses owners favored the U.S. having a national policy for paid family and medical leave. Support for paid leave by small business owners is also not a partisan issue, […]

ACTOR AND ACTIVIST SEAN PATRICK THOMAS DISCUSSES WHY PAID LEAVE IS ESSENTIAL TO BLACK FAMILIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

Why is paid leave not guaranteed in America? We are one of the only countries in the world that does not have a cohesive national paid leave policy, says Dawn Huckelbridge of the Paid Leave for All Act, even though it ends up saving the federal government money in the long run.

The Cassidy bill fails spectacularly to meet working families’ needs during this pandemic crisis

An Indiana truck driver denied paid leave while experiencing coronavirus symptoms. An Arizona HVAC employee paid for just two of 13 days spent in self-quarantine. A California USPS worker rejected for paid leave when caring for her child whose school was closed.

Dear Majority Leader McConnell, Minority Leader Schumer, Speaker Pelosi and Minority Leader McCarthy:  We are writing on behalf of workers like like Mendy Hughes, a Walmart cashier in Arkansas, and millions like her: “We’re exposed to hundreds of people who come into Walmart every day. Most of us don’t have paid time off because cashiers […]