 If lobbyists and large corporate interests thought they could roll back family leave quietly, the powerful testimony by over 100 activists at Tuesday’s day-long hearing disabused them of that notion. “I was laid off for asking my employer for leave to give birth,” testified June Jimenez of Moms Rising. “If we abandon UPLA (the Universal Paid Leave Act) for employer mandate, 16,000 families who depend on breadwinner mothers will lose again,” said Laura Brown. “Many people can't be here all day on a Tuesdaybecause they have no paid time off,” testified Hannah Weilbacher. Just seven months after the Universal Paid Family Leave Act was adopted, members of the D.C. Council arecontemplating replacing itwith a weaker substitute, writes Heather Boushey of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. Read more here.
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