Tell Congress, Our Families Need Paid Leave!
The U.S. is the only industrialized nation that does not offer working mothers paid time off to care for a new child.
As a result, many families have to make serious financial sacrifices in order to have a baby. Too often, new moms and dads have to return to the workplace earlier than they would like just to maintain their income and economic stability. Returning to work early can have a major impact on issues like bonding with baby, keeping up breastfeeding, and having to pay for child care. These problems could be solved for millions of families if our nation provided paid family leave.
The FAMILY Act would set up a national system to provide workers with up to 12 weeks of partial income through a family and medical leave insurance fund.
Working parents and their children deserve support to be as healthy as possible.
Sign today to call on your Congressional representative to cosponsor the FAMILY Act today!
Dear [Representative]:
The U.S. is the only industrialized nation that does not offer working mothers paid time off to care for a new child. As a result, many families have to make serious financial sacrifices in order to have a baby. Too often, new moms and dads have to return to the workplace earlier than they would like just to maintain their income and economic stability. Returning to work early can have a major impact on issues like bonding with baby, keeping up breastfeeding, and having to pay for child care. These problems could be solved for millions of families if our nation provided paid family leave.
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The FAMILY Act would set up a national system to provide workers with up to 12 weeks of partial income through a family and medical leave insurance fund. Both employers and workers would pay into the fund, which would be available to most workers. Leave could be taken by individuals to care for their own serious health conditions, including pregnancy and childbirth recovery, as well as other serious health conditions of a child, parent, spouse or domestic partner, the birth or adoption of a child, and for military caregiving and leave purposes.
Working parents and their children deserve our support to be as healthy as possible. It's time for the U.S. to catch up with the rest of the developed world by providing paid family leave. I urge you to cosponsor the FAMILY Act and look forward to your response.
Sincerely,
[Your name]
