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dontmean2bepoliticalbut · 2 years

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dontmeantobepoliticalbut · 2 years

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A whopping 80% of voters in the United States want the federal government to create a paid family and medical leave program, according to a new survey released Friday.

Navigator, a progressive polling firm, found that 89% of Democrats, 76% of Independents, and 70% of Republicans support the establishment of a federal program that would enable people to take paid time away from work to attend to serious illnesses or provide care for loved ones, including sick or disabled family members and newborn or newly adopted children. Just 12% of voters are opposed.

A majority (52%) of voters—including 68% of Democrats, 57% of Black Americans, and 61% of Hispanic Americans—would be more likely to vote for a candidate who publicly supports paid family and medical leave, according to the survey.

In addition, over half (51%) of voters—including 65% of Democrats, 58% of Black Americans, and 61% of Hispanic Americans—would be more motivated to vote in the upcoming midterm elections if Congress supported the passage of a national paid family and medical leave program, the poll found.

"Our nation's leaders must stop ignoring what the data tell us time and time again—that paid family and medical leave is a critical support that families need, it is what Americans want, and it is what they deserve," Jocelyn Frye, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, said in a statement.

Dawn Huckelbridge, director of Paid Leave for All, told Common Dreams that the new survey "mirrors what Paid Leave for All Action has seen in midterm battleground states—4 in 5 voters support paid family and medical leave, and this is an issue that motivates all voters, but particularly the progressive base and key persuadable groups like Independent women."

"Paid leave is an issue that all candidates should be running on—and then delivering," Huckelbridge added.

Six arguments in favor of paid leave were deemed convincing by more than three-quarters of respondents.

Voters were compelled by the fact that the U.S. is one of only seven countries in the world without federally guaranteed paid family and medical leave; far outpacing the U.S., the average length of maternity leave worldwide is more than six months.

The need for a federal paid family and medical leave program was clear to an overwhelming majority of respondents after they were informed that just 15% of workers in the U.S.—typically high-wage managers—receive such benefits through their employers.

Also persuasive were studies showing that paid leave policies increase the likelihood that women return to the workforce following childbirth and decrease reliance on public assistance programs.

The three most convincing arguments for paid leave focused on how it:

• enhances household well-being, including better early childhood development and more economic security for parents;

• improves health outcomes for infants, mothers, and the elderly; and

• boosts workplace morale and reduces employee turnover.

In a Common Dreams opinion piece published Thursday, Vicky Badillo of the Workers Defense Project in Austin wrote that "it's time for our lawmakers to deliver what so many people are calling out for: a national paid leave policy."

"Paid leave is a human right and a matter of dignity—it's something every single one of us should have access to, regardless of who we are, where we live, or what we do," Badillo continued. "Lives are on the line."

"There is no economic and racial justice without access to paid leave," she added. "Ensuring people have the time they need to be with and care for themselves and their families is morally the right thing to do—and it also makes sense for our economy and our national well-being. Investing in paid leave will help our families, our communities, and our nation."

Poll results are based on online surveys conducted among a sample of 1,001 registered voters from September 8 to September 11.

#us politics #news #common dreams #national paid family leave #paid family leave #paid maternity leave #2022 midterms #2022 elections #2022 #polls #polling #dawn huckelbridge #twitter #tweet #Paid Leave for All #National Partnership for Women & Families #Jocelyn Frye #Vicky Badillo #Workers Defense Project

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womens-rights-in-the-workplace · 2 years

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Finland's Women-Led Government Has Equalized Family Leave: 7 Months For Each Parent Under the new policy, families are entitled to a total 14 months of paid leave. The health minister says the goal is to both improve gender equality and boost a declining birth rate. That’s Fourteen Months Fully Paid Leave.

Compare and contrast with the United States. We offer ZERO paid maternity leave to anyone. Guess who always stands in the way of paying women?

#equality #pregnancy discrimination #paid maternity leave #paid leave #family leave #women's rights #jack tuckner #don't quit #vote

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youthincare · 19 days

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Despite increasing evidence about the value and importance of breastfeeding, less than half of the world’s infants and young children (aged 0–36 months) are breastfed as recommended. This Series paper examines the social, political, and economic reasons for this problem

Baby formula companies have been lobbying the government against paid maternity leave for a long time, as there is a correlation with mothers going on maternity leave and an increase in breastfeeding.

#baby formula #paid maternity leave #maternity leave

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deepbreakfast · 3 months

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#human rights #universal healthcare #pro choice #women’s rights #keep religion out of government #paid maternity leave

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mapsontheweb · 23 days

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Countries with both maternal and paternal leave, only maternal leave, or no paid leave.

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#maps #geo.ranking #igsourced #maternity leave #paid leave

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driftingleft · 2 years

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#drifting left #maternity #maternity leave #paid maternity leave #paid family leave

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coochiequeens · 2 years

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This article is from October 2021. Losing access to abortion will leave many women and children In poverty.

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#Paid maternity leave

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jakeperalta · 13 days

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thinking about how I've only been in full time employment for two years and I still have like forty years to go moodboard:

#not to be dramatic but like. how do people do it without killing themselves xx #they need to invent a maternity leave that doesn't involve having to be pregnant or have a baby. like i just want several paid months off #talking

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bitchesgetriches · 1 month

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#workplace benefits #pto #paid time off #salary #careers #personal finance #employment #maternity leave

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dontmean2bepoliticalbut · 2 years

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#us politics #twitter #tweet #2022 #rep. ilhan omar #mn #Minnesota #Republicans #conservatives #gop #abortions #abortion bans #free childcare #expand child tax credits #paid maternity leave #us healthcare #medicare for all #expand medicare

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littlespoonevan · 1 year

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911 has never shocked me more than when it made me realise how aWFUL the us maternity leave system is when maddie was still in work at forty-two weeks pregnant and then back at work again a few weeks (a month??? two???) after she gave birth

#911 rewatch #i'm on 4x10 and i still remember googling the maternity leave sitch in america after i first watched it bc it confused me #and the shOCK i felt when i read you're only entitled to 12 weeks and that doesn't have to be paid????#(or apparently???? some google results say you can be but sTILL that's so little time)#in ireland you have to start your maternity leave 2 weeks before the baby is due and it's 6 months paid #and /then/ people might take unpaid parental leave after that #like most women i know who've had kids usually take the first year off unless they absolutely have to go back to work #for financial reasons

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nerdfighterwhatevernumbers · 3 months

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really hate how pop feminism and the like has turned 'empowerment' into an emotional statement rather than the actual act of giving someone more power over their material life

#how clothing makes you feel vs mandating paid maternity leave

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ms-hells-bells · 1 year

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completed and sent the formal employment agreement documents.

4 weeks paid annual leave a year, 12 public holidays, paid wellness day, and 10 paid sick days a year is pretty good (though we basically have to use 6 of the paid leave days each year when the company shuts down over new years and christmas for a short while). if it were pre-surgery, those 10 sick days would be gone in a heartbeat.

#there's also 10 days paid domestic violence leave #5 days per bereavement #and 26 weeks paid maternity leave and 26 weeks unpaid maternity leave #but i hope i won't really need much of those obviously

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sadiewayne · 2 months

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rich people really hear us saying "i want to be able to afford a house and food and some luxuries with a single full time job" and think we want the downfall of democracy

#oh and not be in the 3rd recession i've lived through at the ripe old age of 21 #also like paid maternity leave and more vacation days #and not working overtime for free #please i just want to be able to survive #billionaires #capitalism #inequality #eat the rich

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kareenvorbarra · 10 months

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i would LIKE to have kids one day but the sick fucks in the republican-majority wi state legislature removed paid family leave from the budget! thanks for nothing assholes

#it was only 12 weeks of leave too like...cmon #i mean 12 weeks of paid leave is better than 12 weeks of unpaid leave which is all we have right now #and that's from the federal law #i'm sure i would in theory be able to use some of my vacation time and sick leave for maternity leave but i shouldn't HAVE to #and this is all still theoretical for me but there are tons of people who need these benefits NOW #personal #politics

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