'The policies that impact women's lives and our entire economy the most have been treated as 'special interests,' and left out of the spotlight. That stops now.'
Women, and moms, are not a special interest group. We are over half the population, over half of all voters, half of the entire paid labor force, and we are the majority of consumers making purchasing decisions in an economy in which 72% of our GDP is based on consumer spending.
With most workers facing stagnant wages and many living paycheck to paycheck—as well as with women, moms, and women of color facing intense and harmful wage and hiring discrimination, according to National Women's Law Center—it’s not a moment too soon for our families, our workforce, and our economy. People on both sides of the aisle are speaking out as it becomes increasingly clear we have a failing national infrastructure for working families.
My son was born with a rare immune disorder. It meant he couldn’t be in childcare; another child’s cold often led to hospital visits and weeks of illness. My job didn't provide paid family/medical leave, so I had no choice but to leave the labor force. Myself being raised by a mom who was primarily single when I was young, I knew it was luck alone that allowed our family to get my son the care he needed to become the healthy young man he is today.
We are at a crisis point in our nation. It’s been twenty-six long years since Congress passed the Family and Medical Leave Act, allowing eligible workers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons. But today only 17 percent of workers in the country have the option of paid family/medical leave, according to U.S. Labor Bureau statistics.
And an absence of paid leave is only the first domino to fall against families. When workers are able to return to work, those with children are saddled with steep child care costs, which exceeds the cost of college tuition in most states, according to Economic Policy Institute.
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