Women like Bethany Fauteux are returning to work 3 weeks after a c-section because they had to choose between keeping a roof over their heads vs healing and caring for their newborn. This is America without #paidleaveforall@WaysMeansCmte hearing on #paidleave, #childcare & women
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Today the @WaysMeansCmte is holding a hearing on #paidleave, child care, and how the economy failed women. WATCH as working women from across the country give their testimony. We need #PaidLeaveForAll in the plan to #BuildBackBetter. Watch with us @ 12 pm.
The United States is the only industrialized nation with no maternity leave #PaidLeave - @RepRichardNeal
#Childcare workers care for the nation’s children while everyone is at work. Yet child care workers earn poverty wages in 40 states. Is it because it’s a “woman’s job”? It’s time to value and reward care workers like they are truly essential - fair wages and #paidleave