Today I’m excited to be in Seattle kicking off a nationwide road show that will shine a spotlight on the issue of paid family leave, and I hope you’ll follow along. As I’ve written on the blog before, the United States lags behind the rest of the world on paid leave. But places like Washington State are making progress, and we want to highlight that progress and encourage other states and cities to follow suit. We’re calling the tour, “Lead on Leave: Empowering Working Families Across America.”
With a little help from my team, I’ll be live blogging throughout the day to share updates from my meetings with local businesses, workers and community leaders.
Meet Sydney.
I’ll be joined today by Sydney Marino, a woman who wrote me a letter last fall on why paid leave is important to her family.
Sydney shouldn’t feel forced to make this choice. A great nation should give people the tools to succeed at work and also meet their obligations at home, and that’s why this national conversation on paid leave is so critical.
LIVE on #Periscope: Live from Seattle: Lead on Leave http://bit.ly/1DvReyK
— Tom Perez (@LaborSec) April 1, 2015
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