Are there groups fighting for paid maternity leave in the US?

[bobbolink]

I couldn't find any by goggling, but I suspect these groups exist.

A young woman I know is caught between a rock and a hard place, and needs to fight for paid leave.

Would appreciate any info you can give.

Thanks!

[NoDangerHere]

1. MomsRising apparently helped get paid maternity leave in NJ and Washington

http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/the-fight-for-paid-maternity-leave/

One group is MomsRising, which was created in 2006 as a grass-roots way to bring “important motherhood and family issues to the forefront of the country’s awareness,” its founders say. Among the victories it has notched so far: helping to win “paid family leave in New Jersey, Washington, and paid sick days in Milwaukee,” and helping to “pass legislation which removes highly toxic phthalates from young children’s toys and products.”

The relevant part of the website should be here: http://www.momsrising.org/maternity

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[Green_Lantern]

2. I'm not sure it is a realistic idea to require this of businesses..

I can't imagine small businesses could afford to lose an employee for 6 weeks and also pay them. If they did that then why not also paid paternity leave?

I'm sure there are companies who work around this.

In countries that do paid leave it is subsidized by state or employment insurance.

[niyad]

4. have you noticed we have a troll hitting every post in the women's rights forum?

[lukasahero]

5. Yup

I've also noticed alerts thus far have produced little action.

[niyad]

6. I have seen a lot of deleted messages, but somebody was VERY busy

[lukasahero]

7. Glad to see the messages are gone now

Not sure the poster is...

Love these guys who sign up here just to trash the Women's Rights forum. A whopping 11 posts he had when I last saw him - all of them here about us stupid women. :eyes: