It’s been a bad week for working families in the Washington State Legislature, as Monday the WA State Senate voted to potentially repeal our Paid Family and Medical Leave system. Please contact your legislators in the WA State House (1-800-562-6000) and tell them one more time: Don’t accept the Senate plan to repeal Family and Medical LeaveContinue reading “Senate passes backdoor repeal of Family Leave – tell House members to protect our families!”
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Family medical leave law deserves wide support
Editorial from The Olympian: In response to the looting and chaos that erupted in Baghdad following the American invasion of Iraq, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said, “Democracy is messy.” To some, it was a callous remark, but not entirely an inaccurate description of how a representative democracy actually governs. State lawmakers frequently proposeContinue reading “Family medical leave law deserves wide support”
Paid family leave good for kids, parents and employers
From the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin Our state Legislature is considering how to fund the Family Leave Act of 2007. Opponents of the law, citing costs, are attempting to repeal it. Their concerns are understandable, but misplaced. Family leave puts family first — where it belongs. And it does so by compensating our businesses’ greatest asset:Continue reading “Paid family leave good for kids, parents and employers”
Washington Work and Family Coalition 