Guide to Political Revolution, by Bernie Sanders: on Families & Children


Workers need paid family leave and paid sick leave

The Family and Medical Leave Act that Congress passed in 1993 is totally inadequate for our twenty-first-century workforce. It covers only employees in companies with fifty or more employees, and it requires only unpaid, rather than paid, leave. The economic benefits of a paid family and medical leave more than outweigh the very modest costs of this program.

Women who have paid family leave are more likely to stay in the workforce and off federal programs like Medicaid, food stamps, and public housing.

Families that have paid leave are much less likely to declare bankruptcy. And children have a greater chance of leading healthy and more productive lives if their parents have paid family leave.

We have to make sure that workers in this country have paid sick time. Forty-three million Americans don't have access to paid sick leave today.

Source: Guide to Political Revolution, by Bernie Sanders, p. 19-20 Aug 29, 2017

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2020 Presidential contenders on Families & Children:
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Pres.Donald Trump(NY)
Gov.Bill Weld(MA) 		Democrats:
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Sen.Bernie Sanders(VT)
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