And don't forget to tell your senator to
pass paid family leave!
But now with major attention from media, elected officials, and advocates across the nation focused on whether New York will become the fourth state to
pass a paid family leave bill, Cuomo is whipping up support for his plan.
But when we pass $ 15 an hour and
we pass paid family leave, we're going to say to this country, the dream is not dead.
Get in the vanguard among states with the $ 15 an hour minimum wage;
pass a paid family leave that makes any others in the country look like chump change.
Governor Cuomo and Vice President Joe Biden headlined a pep rally to
pass paid family leave in New York, but some question whether the governor's plan is enough.
Governor Andrew Cuomo and Vice President Joe Biden headlines a pep rally to
pass paid family leave in New York, but some question whether the governor's plan is enough.
«My progressive ideals will always go hand in hand with working families, and my legislative record speak for itself, from pushing to
pass the Paid Family Leave program to increasing the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour,» Peralta said.
Rhode Island and New Jersey have also
passed paid family leave laws, and other states have considered similar bills.
The two major unions that pulled out of the party, Local 32BJ and Communication Workers of America Local 1, say Cuomo has delivered for working people by raising the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour and
passing paid family leave.
In further indication of the growing hunger in New York and across the nation for paid family leave, the State Assembly again
passed the Paid Family Leave Act on Tuesday in Albany.
It passed a paid family leave program.
We led it when
we passed paid family leave.
Together,
we passed Paid Family Leave, a $ 15 minimum wage and delivered free universal pre-k to every child in the city.
This week, the New York State Assembly
passed a paid family leave bill.
The Assembly, which has
passed paid family leave on its own in previous legislative sessions, plans to introduce and pass a bill on Tuesday that would provide new parents or caregivers for sick relatives 12 weeks of paid leave through the state's temporary disability system.
ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York state Assembly has again
passed a paid family leave bill that would allow workers to take up to 12 weeks of paid time off to care for a new child or a sick loved one.
Secretary Clinton also praised New York's newly
passed paid family leave law, which will allow for up to 12 weeks of leave with up to two thirds pay, when fully phased in several years from now.
«We passed the minimum wage increase,
we passed paid family leave, we passed a great package for the middle class, we passed a great package for upstate New York, more education
The state assembly
passed the Paid Family Leave Act today in Albany.
California and New Jersey have
passed paid family leave laws, while other states are discussing similar laws that would broaden family leave to include both parents.
Not exact matches
Nor did it rise in any of the three states that
passed paid family and medical
leave laws.
They ranged from raising the minimum wage,
passing gun safety laws,
paid family leave, equal
pay for women, and protecting access to «safe and legal abortions.»
Yet even as states and cities across the country
pass laws guaranteeing
paid sick days and
paid family and medical
leave, too many
families still do not have access to these critical workplace standards.
Our members have helped move forward
paid Family Leave policies in cities, counties and states across the nation, have helped
pass affordable childcare policies in red and blue states alike, have also helped advance sick day policies in over a dozen cities and states across the nation, as well.
Now, because of the momentum that moms have built, it is no longer a question of «if» but «when» policies like
paid family leave pass, because studies show that they are in fact good for businesses — for the economy and for
families.
Rhode Island
passed legislation instituting the Temporary Caregiver Insurance Program (TCI) in July 2013 to provide
paid family leave.
They were
passing the budget that Leader John Flanagan had negotiated for them which included a robust
paid family leave program and a path to a $ 15 minimum wage.
«I'm supporting Todd because he delivered for Nassau County
families —
passing 12 weeks of
paid family leave, winning a $ 15 minimum wage for New Yorkers, $ 1 billion in tax cuts for middle class
families, and $ 20 million in new funding for our schools this year,» Obama says in the call.
«We
passed paid family and medical
leave.
He can take credit for progressive accomplishments under his reign like a phased - in $ 15 minimum wage,
paid family leave, and strict gun control measures, ignoring the fact that regular Democrats endorsed all these things and would have
passed them into law if they too sat in the majority.
The proposed bill, agreed to by the mayor and Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Vivertio but not yet introduced or
passed in the council, will expand the size of businesses required to provide
paid sick
leave from 15 or more employees to 5 or more employees, accelerate it's applicability so that all covered businesses must comply by April 1, 2014 (businesses with 15 - 20 employees have until April 1, 2015 under the existing law), remove exemptions for manufacturing businesses and remove economic measurements that could have caused a delayed implementation and expand the range of
family members that employees can care for during such
paid sick
leave.
As soon as the state spending plan was
passed, Governor Andrew Cuomo made the most of two items that have received the greatest public attention: a graduated increase in the state's minimum wage, and a future
paid family leave program, to take full effect in several years.
Cuomo touted the state's progressive accomplishments under his tenure, including raising the minimum wage to $ 15,
passing a
paid family -
leave law, banning fracking, outlawing assault weapons, and ensuring marriage equality.
Mr. Klein said he remained proud of what the I.D.C. had accomplished — voting to
pass things like
paid family leave, a raise in the minimum wage and same - sex marriage — over its seven years of dissidence.
There are also questions around whether Cuomo will include a proposal and dedicated funding for
paid family leave, something that de Blasio recently moved on for some city employees and called on the state to
pass for all workers.
We're on the cusp of
passing paid family medical
leave.
Yes, the IDC championed
paid family leave and helped
pass a minimum wage increase — but both policies were significantly less impactful than they could have been had Democrats controlled both houses of the legislature.
$ 15 minimum wage and
paid family leave — two initiatives championed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo — were
passed in the budget.
«A real Democrat would have already
passed the Women's Equality Act and would be fighting for
paid family leave.»
«We're now coming into the heat of the negotiating session with the Assembly and the Senate and now we're going to determine whether or not our key legislative proposals actually
pass,» Cuomo told listeners, highlighting his push to increase the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour and his proposal for 12 weeks of employee - funded
paid family leave.
«When you
passed paid family and medical
leave,» he said.
«Because of their hard work, New York State has lead the way —
passing a $ 15 minimum wage and enacting historic
paid family leave legislation so that no New Yorker will lose their job while taking care of a sick loved one.
The day Nixon actually announced her candidacy, he released a statement that put front and center his liberal accomplishments, which read like a progressive wish list: «Governor Cuomo has delivered more real progressive wins than any other Democrat in the country, including
passing marriage equality, the strongest gun safety law in the nation, a $ 15 minimum wage, free college tuition,
paid family leave, record setting funding for public education, expanding and protecting healthcare for our most vulnerable, and banning fracking.»
From raising the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour, to
passing the strongest
paid family leave program in the country, Governor Cuomo has delivered on that agenda,» said 32BJ President Héctor Figueroa and Dennis Trainor, the vice president of CWA Local 1, in a joint statement issued Friday afternoon.
«It's once again New York leading way, the way we did on raising minimum wage, the way we did on
paid family leave, the way we did on
passing marriage equality, the way we did on gun safety and it should be a wakeup call to this nation to say if you really want to be competitive globally, we have to have the best educated workforce and that means we have to have college for every child, man or woman, who wants to attend.»
Candice Giove, a spokeswoman for the conference, said it would «remain a separate conference focused on fighting for the people of New York and continuing our record of success,» citing votes for a $ 15 minimum wage,
paid family leave and the Safe Act, a set of tough gun - control measures that
passed in 2013.
Governor Cuomo
passed the nation's first $ 15 min wage law and the country's strongest
paid family leave legislation — accomplishments Senator Sanders himself hailed and urged the nation to follow.»
«There's nothing you can do to help American workers more than
passing the
paid -
family -
leave bill,» she said.
There are more and more options for
paid family leave plans in New York state, but do any of them have enough support to
pass?
Legislation to create a gender - neutral
paid family and medical
leave program was recently reintroduced by U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D - NY, in an effort to urge Congress to
pass the bill.