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Working families need comprehensive and permanent paid leave right now.

Advancing equal pay, paid family and medical leave, paid sick days, breastfeeding rights, and other workplace justice policies from the local to federal levels.

The absolute worst part of becoming a new mother two years ago was trying to deal with my time off from work -- supporting myself and my family financially and guaranteeing that I would have a job to return to. I work for the University of Texas which is considered to have good benefits including "...Read more
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What's in Build Back Better (BBB) for Families? MomsRising Staff Explains

12/17/21
Every provision of the Build Back Better agenda is supported by at least two in three Americans. This is why it's important to spread the word far and wide about what is in this proposed legislation and what it would mean for families.
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Omicron is raging & families need support

01/05/22
Like many others, my 2022 is off to a rocky start. I am writing this as I scramble to find a COVID-19 test appointment for my feverish two-year-old and my son is home with his school closed. I know I am far from alone. Families need a lifeline, but just when we need help the most, the U.S. Senate failed to act before the new year to extend the monthly Child Tax Credit payments and pass key policies like paid family and medical leave and child care that would have helped families, businesses, and our economy weather this COVID-19 surge.
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What if It Never Gets Easier to Be a Working Parent?

12/20/21
"It has been right back to the juggling act that I felt before the pandemic." - Jennifer Simpkins
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Mad at Manchin? Turn your anger to action

12/20/21
Sen Manchin's announcement that he will not support the current version of the Build Back Better Act is a stinging, heartbreaking, disappointment to families in his state. Join us in urging him to come back to the negotiating table.
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Because working people make the holidays possible…

12/16/21
Our economy wouldn’t exist without the power of working people. Even holiday celebrations wouldn’t be possible without our labor. Whether you celebrate Hanukkah, Winter Solstice, Festivus, Kwanzaa, or Christmas this month, it’s farm workers, package delivery drivers, cashiers, hospitality staff, and so many other frontline members of our communities that make holiday traditions possible. Here's the problem – pregnant workers in these important jobs are the likeliest to need, but not have access to the basic, but very important protections and accommodations in the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (S. 1486). Why? Because despite already passing the U.S. House of Representatives this year and having broad bipartisan support in the U.S. Senate, this important legislation has still not passed.
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NEW sticky note deadline is December 24

12/16/21
More than 2,000 moms and family members across the country have already signed up to do this action, and we are extending the deadline to December 24 timed to the state of play in Congress. Our wave of sticky notes from moms, caregivers, and family members on Senate office doors across the country needs to keep growing over the next critical week to help keep this legislation moving!
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Now not later. Pass paid family and medical leave in the Build Back Better Act.

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/22053/?source=action">Now not later. Pass paid family and medical leave in the Build Back Better Act.</a>

The Senate needs to pass the Build Back Better Act with permanent and equitable paid family and medical leave now.

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Working families need comprehensive and permanent paid leave right now.

Workers make the holidays possible. Pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/21629/?source=action">Workers make the holidays possible. Pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act!</a>

From delivery drivers to farm workers, WE make the holidays possible. Tell the U.S. Senate to #ProtectPregnantWorkers without delay!

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Workers make the holidays possible. Pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act!

Tell Congress: Pass Build Back Better NOW!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/20809/?source=action">Tell Congress: Pass Build Back Better NOW!</a>

The historic, much-needed investments in the Build Back Better package, including paid family / medical leave, childcare, home- and community-based services, the Child Tax Credit, addressing equity in maternal health, healthcare, and immigration reform, will be transformative for moms, women, and families.

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Tell Congress: Pass Build Back Better NOW!

Tell your Senators to act NOW and pass the Build Back Better Act with Paid Leave

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/21415/?source=action">Tell your Senators to act NOW and pass the Build Back Better Act with Paid Leave</a>

Congress needs to pass paid leave and the Build Back Better Act this year.

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Families, small businesses and the economy deserve paid family and medical leave in the Build Back Better Act

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