May 17, 2017
A report from PL+US shows that the vast majority of low-wage workers still have no access to paid leave at all.
The 2016 campaign was full of firsts: the first time a woman earned a major party’s nomination for president, for example, and the first time paid leave became a major campaign issue. Hillary Clinton’s push for things like paid leave and affordable child care was a natural extension of issues she’d worked on her whole career, while Donald Trump’s interest in the topic stemmed from his daughter, Ivanka. Regardless, visibility was progress — especially in light of a new report from Paid Leave for the United States, which shows that the vast majority of low-wage workers still have no access to paid leave at all.