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"Paid Leave = Breathing Room!"

Guest User January 20, 2017
 

I currently help my family, as I construct my business; but I was a former caregiver...if I had been working at the time, without Paid Family Leave, I would've had to quit, anyway.

I have friends who can't afford to take time off, because they have no paid leave--family, or otherwise--whatsoever!  THIS NEEDS TO CHANGE!

To afford someone to be a paid caregiver, some of my friends have had to moonlight on the side, also taking extra time away from the ill family member, as well as the rest of their family unit--HOW IS THIS HEALTHY FOR ANYONE?

For Caregivers, especially, THIS IS SO IMPORTANT!  Paid Leave = Breathing Room!

We are all part of the HUMAN family...let's behave like it...THANK YOU!

— Lola S., Richland
(8th Legislative District)

 
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Our mission is to build a powerful workers’ movement that can dramatically improve wages and working conditions, and change the local and national conversation about wealth, inequality, and the value of work.

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Our vision is a state where everyone shares in the prosperity we create together: a place where all workers are treated with dignity, paid enough to support themselves, and able to participate in a thriving community.

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Working Washington

building a workers’ movement that has the power to raise wages, improve labor standards, and change the conversation about work and wealth

Working Washington unites working people to fight for a fair economy where everyone can support themselves, afford the basics, and contribute to the economy.

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