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Emily FredrixGoodman retweeted
It’s hard to find words, other than today American journalism lost one of the best. ideastream.org/community/202…
Emily FredrixGoodman retweeted
Normalize pregnancy testing. COVID testing is normalized, Eve Rodsky points out, so why can’t we normalize pregnancy testing? Frequent testing means people can access abortion pills in time. (The pills work up to 12 weeks pregnant.) thanks for the shout out @emfred
Emily FredrixGoodman retweeted
Our founder @leslieforde was honored to be interviewed by @emfred. With a growing number of companies offering support, employees don’t have to put up with the “it's my way or the highway mentality” from leadership anymore. Click to read the newsletter: tinyurl.com/49ctupmz
Emily FredrixGoodman retweeted
Without the #childcare #eldercare #paidleave & #maternalhealth policies in #BuildBackBetter, women - who decided the 2020 election for Joe Biden and congressional Dems - will lose. Roads & bridges don't address fundamentals of keeping women healthy, safe, secure & employed.
Emily FredrixGoodman retweeted
Is it omicron or delta or your period or a cold or flu or allergies or anxiety or long covid or perimenopause or food poisoning or migraine or a tumor (“it’s not a tumor”) or PTSD or parenting is just so hard lolol or too much sitting and screen time and stress or IS IT COVID or
Emily FredrixGoodman retweeted
Incredible interview with Bloomberg Businessweek journalist Claire Suddath on the child care crisis.
👇👇 TLDR(L); America hates women, relies on unpaid labor. Early motherhood mostly thankless/painful. Govt historically doesn't care.
"I can't tell you the number of women that I have talked to who have ... dropped out of the workforce or switched to part-time solely because they couldn't afford child care," @clairesuddath says.
npr.org/2021/12/16/106479434…
Emily FredrixGoodman retweeted
⏰📢 TODAY is the last day of advance distro of child tax credits. These benefits should be permanent. Here's why:
Here's just one recipient's story of what it's been like to receive the CTC payments this year: inthesetimes.com/article/chi…
Emily FredrixGoodman retweeted
I don’t think most people understand that if we don’t pass #PaidLeaveForAll as part of #BuildBackBetter NOW it likely won’t even happen by the time your kids need it. Think about that and take three minutes to reach out to your senator and @POTUS (or retweet this) TODAY. Thanks!
.@POTUS & @Sen_JoeManchin will meet soon on #BuildBackBetter. @JoeBiden, please fight hard for #paidleave here & now & don't let up. This excellent @eleanor_mueller article is true. There is no viable Plan B on your watch. #PaidLeaveForAll's time is NOW.
politico.com/news/2021/12/01…
Emily FredrixGoodman retweeted
When a country shows you what it is, believe it. Our entire economy is built on the backs of unpaid care labor. That's not going to change by us politely suggesting insultingly small paid family leave legislation & assuming it will happen bc 75% of Americans think its a good idea
Emily FredrixGoodman retweeted
If Congress fails to pass paid leave in Build Back Better, federal #paidleave for working people will become an even bigger election issue than in 2016, 2018, 2020. It's a marker of who stands with families & who's in their way. This movement has strengthened & won't be stopped.
Emily FredrixGoodman retweeted
Americans not working mainly because "I was caring for someone or sick myself with coronavirus symptoms" ⬆️ more than 2X from 2.0 million in late July to 4.7M in early Sept.
Offsetting this, “I was caring for children not in school or daycare” ⬇️ from 7.1 to 4.4M.
Emily FredrixGoodman retweeted
I just got back from DC, where I met with government leaders who are working hard to seize a once-in-a-generation opportunity to guarantee paid family and medical leave for all workers. But it's no secret that the opportunity may slip away.
Emily FredrixGoodman retweeted
Another Monday, another important #paidleave Day of Action. Please call or text your member of Congress today to make sure that a comprehensive #paidleaveforall plan remains part of the #BuildBackBetter Act because #Care #Jobs the #Economy and #Families are waiting.
Emily FredrixGoodman retweeted
This is incredibly insightful (and chilling) about how non-existent our sense of social compact is, how American culture and toxic individualism convinces people to have distain for things that actually help them nytimes.com/2021/09/14/opini…
Emily FredrixGoodman retweeted
Facts:
1⃣ In most states, child care costs more than in-state college tuition.
2⃣ Child care costs have risen 1000% in recent years—faster than housing and health care.
3⃣ Women got 12% of new jobs last month. At this rate, it’ll take 9 years to return to pre-pandemic employment.
Emily FredrixGoodman retweeted
The room where it happened! #PaidLeaveForAll moves forward.
But there's still a long way to go in these next weeks.
We must keep pushing and showing why #paidleave is essential and that #carecantwait!
Emily FredrixGoodman retweeted
HISTORY MADE! @WaysMeansCmte votes to transmit Subtitle A of #BuildBackBetterAct, establishing a universal #paidleave program, to the Budget committee.
🙏🏼to Members who voted to advance this historic legislation & spent today explaining the need for value of #paidleaveforall.
Emily FredrixGoodman retweeted
We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to pass a national paid family and medical leave policy that would FINALLY support all American workers and families. Follow the action in @WaysMeansCmte. #PaidLeave @PaidLeaveforAll
paidleaveforall.org/coronavi…
Emily FredrixGoodman retweeted
Moms spent the equivalent of a full-time job on child care last year — while working at the same time 19thnews.org/2021/08/moms-ch… via @19thnews