We’ll All Need Time to Give or Receive Care—This Is Our Once-in-a-Generation Chance to Win It
The Paid Leave for All Bus Tour has finished but the work continues.
Dispatches from the Paid Leave for All Bus Tour
From August 2-13, 2021, Paid Leave for All will be rolling through 14 stops in 10 states to share and hear stories from workers and businesses, to celebrate state successes, and to amplify the need for paid family and medical leave for all working people and families in the United States. This page will house insights, photos, videos, and more from each stop showing how and why paid leave helps everyone — working people, their families, smaller and larger businesses and the economy.
Paid Leave Across the United States
Short blog posts describing the people, events, and key messages from the tour.
Las Vegas’s Service and Restaurant Workers Deserve Better, and Universal Paid Leave is a Minimum.
Las Vegas’s service sector was kept open during the pandemic, but its workers are still fighting for the right to take time off for medical emergencies.
Paid Leave for All Is a Win-Win For Businesses and for Workers
Debra Brown, the executive director and co-founder of Good Business Colorado, wants to bring paid leave to Colorado.
The Time for Paid Leave is Now
Kris Garcia, a board member of 9to5 Colorado, on the real world consequences of not having access to paid leave.
The Small Business Owner’s Case for Universal Paid Leave
Self-employed individuals, like Richmond realtor Natasha Crosby, need the job security a universal paid leave policy would provide.
As a Funeral Home Owner Working Through a Deadly Pandemic, I’ve Seen the Need for Universal Paid Leave
Mike Hamlar shares the significance of paid leave for small business owners — particularly in the context of COVID's physical and emotional toll.
Congressional Leaders Just Pledged to Pass Paid Leave This Year—Here's How We Got Here
Vicki Shabo reflects on a recent win for the movement to enact paid leave for all.
Why Time's Up President TIna Tchen Wants Paid Leave for All
Tina Tchen on the significance of paid leave for all.
Low-Wage, Essential Workers Are Paying the High Cost of Our Country’s Lack of Paid Leave
Nour Qutyan had to quarantine after a roommate caught COVID. Without paid leave, she ended up losing out on half of her rent money.
Paid Leave Has Given New Yorkers Financial Stability and Peace of Mind, But Too Many in America Are Still Struggling Without It
Sherry Leiwant speaks with a few New Yorkers who have benefited from the state's paid family and medical leave program.
We Made Rhode Island the Third State with Paid Leave. It's Time for the Rest of the Country to Join Us
In one year, Gayle Goldin became a mom and broke her back. Then she started fighting for paid family and medical leave.
Paid Leave, Marty Walsh, and Me
Bethany Fauteux knew that returning to work three weeks after having a child was not fair or right.
Get on Board: Paid Leave for All Bus Tour Across America
Vicki Shabo and Raven Dorsey reflect on the stakes at hand before the bus tour begins.