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"It matters to have the state healthy"

Guest User January 19, 2017

I worry about having well and healthy servers of whatever I need — restaurant, checker, school kids. Kids need to be well to learn and in school to do that.

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"This kept my family functioning just above poverty level for 11-15 years."

Guest User January 19, 2017

Because I experienced a short family leave and my husband experience none I stayed home with our children at the risk of not being rehired and at the risk of my career progression. This kept my family functioning just above poverty level for 11-15 years. We survived but would have thrived had we both had paid leave. I know when both parents can function for their families and bring in better incomes we all benefit

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"I'd have to choose between being there for her, or having a paycheck to be able to pay medical bills"

Guest User January 19, 2017

My partner has lupus, and her platelets are always low. If this gets worse, she could be in danger of spontaneously bleeding to death; she would need someone with her. I'd have to choose between being there for her, or having a paycheck to be able to pay medical bills and our mortgage.

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"Children all deserve to be nurtured and doted upon every waking moment in their first weeks, not just children born into money."

Guest User January 19, 2017

Paid family leave is truly a very small commitment with very big results and it levels the playing field between minimum wage workers and higher paid workers in regards to their children's lives

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"I am so excited. I am also completely unsure of what will happen after I give birth."

Guest User January 19, 2017

I am the breadwinner of our family, and I am 6 weeks pregnant with our first child. I am so excited. I am also completely unsure of what will happen after I give birth. We can't afford to go without my financial contributions to our family and our child will need me there, too

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"My wife literally can't afford to take the time to get better."

Guest User January 19, 2017

My wife literally can't afford to take time to get better. She may have healed by now if she didn't have to keep working while this has been going on. Family leave would be such a benefit and would help everyone get back on their feet (and in turn the economy) sooner when something serious happens

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"When I was pregnant, I relied on 6 weeks family leave, vacation and sick time to take a few months off. "

Guest User January 19, 2017

For the love of humanity, the way to make our country great again, is to take better care of our citizens.

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"I see kids on a regular basis who attend school when they are sick and they should be resting at home."

Guest User January 19, 2017

I suspect some families don't have family leave. This only creates more sick kids and further impacts school attendance. All parents should have family leave time to care for their family.    

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"We need paid family leave because I need to be able to leave without fear."

Guest User January 19, 2017

The hardest thing was having to make the decision to keep working and neglect my family needs, or leave and take the risk of being homeless again due to lack of income.    

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"Stressed employees do not make good workers"

Guest User January 19, 2017

If families do not have time to be present to deal with health and emotional issues, the family will break down. Stressed employees do not make good workers, so both employers and employees suffer when employees are at work while they are thinking of family members who need them   

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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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