Subject: The GOP just doesn’t get it on paid leave
From: DNC Press <[email-masked]>
To: DNC Press <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 17:45:30 +0000

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Yesterday, President Obama made a major announcement that his administration will lead the way on paid sick leave by requiring federal contractors to offer employees up to seven days of paid sick leave per year to their employees.

Low-and-middle income families typically have the least access to paid sick leave, and are the ones who need it most. They’re often unable to afford to stay home and recover from an illness, because they don’t have these days available. Paid sick leave helps working families get ahead, increases productivity in the work place, and enables workers to recover from short term illness without spreading it to their coworkers.

But the GOP presidential field just doesn’t get it.

  *   Marco Rubio<https://archive.org/details/CNBC_20140625_100000_Squawk_Box#start/10320/end/10380> has said that he does not support federally mandated paid leave.
  *   John Kasich<http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/k000016/votes/page541/>, while in Congress, voted against the Family and Medical Leave Act, twice<http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/k000016/votes/page485/>.
  *   Chris Christie<http://articles.philly.com/2009-04-13/news/25287703_1_state-workers-corzine-labor-unions> opposed family medical leave and said a statewide paid sick leave law would hurt<http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/03/christie-blames-parents-for-bad-economy.html> New Jersey’s businesses.
  *   Rand Paul voted against<http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-03-26/every-republican-running-for-president-votes-against-paid-family-leave> legislation allowing Americans to earn paid sick leave.
  *   Scott Walker<http://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/post/politics-calling-sick>  pushed to nullify a statewide paid sick leave requirement after it has been helping families across the state for three years.
  *   Carly Fiorina opposes<http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/09/politics/carly-fiorina-paid-maternity-leave/> paid maternity leave.
  *   Jeb Bush<http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2000-06-13/business/0006130129_1_unemployment-funds-paid-leave-paid-leave-policies>, while governor of Florida, refused to support extending unemployment insurance benefits to fathers and mothers taking time off after the birth or adoption of a child.
  *   Ted Cruz voted against paid sick leave and opposes paid maternity and paternity leave requirements.
The American people understand the importance of paid sick leave and paid parental leave - that’s why they overwhelmingly support <http://publicreligion.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/PRRI-AVS-with-Transparancy-Edits.pdf> these policies.

“The GOP field stands firmly against this policy and others than help working families get ahead. No surprise here.” – Kaylie Hanson, DNC Director of Women’s Media
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