JOINING US NOW IS LAURA BRODIE
AUTHOR AND FOUNDER OF
5TH TRIMESTER LAUREN SUCH A
PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU HERE,
THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US
YOU ACTUALLY ATTENDED THE
PROTEST OVER
THE WEEKEND. LET'S TALK ABOUT
THE GOAL FOR YOU AND THE REST
OF PROTESTERS IN ATTENDANCE.
WHY DID YOU GUYS DO IT.
>> I DID I WAS THERE WITH MY
HUSBAND AND MY 2 SONS AND WE
WERE THERE TO SAY THAT PAID
LEAVE IS AN
ESSENTIAL TOOL OF BUILDING BACK
BETTER THERE IS NO WAY THAT WE
CAN BUILD BACK BETTER WITHOUT
TRULY
MATTER WHICH EQUITY FOR ALL
ESPECIALLY FOR
PARENTS WITHOUT PAID LEAVE, WE
KNOW THAT 15 MILLION AMERICANS
HAVE HAD TO TAKE A
STEP BACK FROM WORK AND THAT'S
MY SON THAT'S TEDDY TAHU.
I HAD TO TAKE A STEP BACK FROM
WORK BECAUSE OF CAREGIVING
OBLIGATIONS OVER THE PANDEMIC
AND IF WE CAN'T SOLVE THIS
PROBLEM NOW IN A HEALTH CRISIS
IN AN ECONOMIC CRISIS AND A
JOBS CRISIS WHEN ALSO REAGAN
ASSAULT IT BUNCH OF WONDERFUL
THINGS THAT ARE IN THE PLANET
SUPPORT PARENTS AND I DON'T
WANT UNDER SELL THAT YOU KNOW
WE'VE GOT A CONTINUATION OF THE
CHILD TAX CREDIT WE'VE GOT
MOMNIBUS SUPPORTS THAT HAS BEEN
ASKED FOR FOR YEARS TO PROTECT
BLACK WOMEN FROM THE MATERNAL
MORTALITY CRISIS THAT WE'RE
EXPERIENCING HERE IN AMERICA
WE'VE GOT UNIVERSAL PRE K FOR 2
YEARS WE'VE GOT CHILDCARE
SUPPORT ALL THESE THINGS BUT IT
STARTS WITH
PAID LEAVE. IT STARTS WITH
BEING ABLE TO HAVE YOUR FAMILY
START OUT SAFELY
HELPFULLY TO BE ABLE TO COME
BACK TO YOUR JOB FULL SPEED
WHEN YOU'RE READY WHEN YOU'RE
PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY READY
TO
BE THERE.
>> NOW LAUREN WE KNOW THE BILL
ISN'T FINALIZED. THERE'S A LOT
OF TALK IN WASHINGTON
POTENTIALLY WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO
GET OF THE VOTE ON IT
THIS WEEK AS IT STANDS NOW, IT
DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE ISN'T
ANY SORT OF ITERATION OF A
FAMILY LEAVE IN THERE. BUT ARE
YOU OFF THE
MYSTIC MAYBE FROM 70 FROM
KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND TO SOMEBODY
ELSE HAS BEEN TRIED TO
NEGOTIATE WITH JOE MANCHIN TO
GET INCLUDED THAT THERE MIGHT
BE A POSSIBILITY IT FINALLY
GETS PUT BACK IN THERE.
>> WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING
SAYS AN ORIGINAL BRAND IS
ACTUALLY GATHERING WITH PAID
LEAVE FOR THE UNITED STATES
ADVOCATES I'M AT ON CAPITOL
HILL ON TUESDAY ALL DAY AND
THEY PLAN TO JUST HAVE PERSON
AFTER PERSON TELL THEIR STORY
OF.
>> WHY THEY NEED PAID LEAVE
WHILE THEY NEEDED PAID LEAVE
THE STORIES THAT HAVE COME
FLOODING INTO ME ARE REALLY
PERSONAL AND AND FRANKLY
IT'S UP TO ME THAT WE LIVE IN A
PLACE DOESN'T SUPPORT PEOPLE
WHO IS EXPERIENCED THE DEATH OF
A BABY AND THEN HAD TO GO RIGHT
BACK TO YOU KNOW TAKING CARE OF
A CHILD AND ALSO A PARENT WHO
IS ILL AND HAD TO GO RIGHT BACK
TO WORK. IT'S ALSO FASCINATING
SO THERE WAS A WASHINGTON POST
STORY THAT CAME OUT OVER THE
IT REVEALED THAT ON THAT
SENATOR JOE MANSION HAD
ACTUALLY IN NEGOTIATIONS SAID
WELL, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN DO
THIS BUT WE WOULD REALLY NEED
TO HAVE
A WORKER I'M FOR IT WHICH JUST
GOES TO SHOW THAT THERE'S A LOT
OF MISINFORMATION AND THERE'S A
LOT OF PEOPLE WHO JUST DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHAT PAID LEAVE IS
BECAUSE OF COURSE THERE'S A
WORKER AND THE WHOLE
POINT IS IT'S PROTECTING YOUR
JOB AND PAYING YOU FOR A TIME
WHEN YOU'RE A WAY TO TAKE CARE
OF YOURSELF FOR YEARS FAMILY
AND SO YOU KNOW WE THINK THAT
IT'S FOR YOU KNOW NEW MOMS AND
BABIES SOUNDS KIND OF NICE
FIRST OF ALL NOT ON THE EAST
THAT'S A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF OUR
POPULATION, BUT IT'S FOR DADS
IT'S FOR ELDER CARE ITS RICH IF
YOU HAVE SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY
AND YOU KNOW WHO DOESN'T WHO
HAS ADDICTION PROBLEMS HE NEEDS
TIME AWAY TO TO TAKE CARE OF
THEMSELVES THEY GET BACK ON
THEIR FEET AND START WORKING
AGAIN IT'S FOR THAT TOO IT
WOULD I MEAN IT COULD HELP
SOLVE THE OPIOID CRISIS.
IT JUST IS THROUGH AND
THROUGH AND OUR ECONOMY AND OUR
SOCIETY, YOU KNOW THERE IS A
NEW AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A NEW
REPORT OUT LAND RIPPLE WHO SAID
THAT ON 4 WEEKS OF PAID FAMILY
AND MEDICAL LEAVE WOULD ADD
43 BILLION DON CALLERS TO OUR
ECONOMY AND CREATE 65
1000 JOBS. THERE'S A REAL
HEALTH CASE IT'S PREVENTATIVE
HEALTHCARE RATE TO INVEST IN
PEOPLE'S FIRST DAYS OF LIFE AND
THERE'S AN ECONOMIC CASE TO BE
MADE FOR
KEEPING IT.
>> YES, SO TRUE, AND IT'S SO
INTERESTING YOU MENTIONED JUDGE
WHAT JOE MANCHIN SAID ABOUT THE
WORK REQUIREMENTS HERE BECAUSE
IN RICH THE ORIGINAL SORT OF
INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL THAT
SHELLEY MOORE CAPITAL THE
REPUBLICAN SENATOR FROM WEST
VIRGINIA WAS DOING WITH JUMP
WITH JOE BIDEN SHE THOUGHT
JOE MANCHIN'S I PATERNAL LEAVE
PROGRAM WAS TOO GENEROUS WHICH
IS SO INTERESTING TO SORT OF
GIVE YOU AN IDEA HOW FAR APART
A LOT OF SENATORS
ARE HERE USE THEIR MOMENTUM
MAYBE DOWN THE ROAD LORD IF
THIS DOES NOT GET INCLUDED IN
THIS
INFRASTRUCTURE, BILL THAT MAY
BE AS A STANDALONE BILL DOWN
THE ROAD WASHINGTON MAYBE WITH
REPUBLICAN WOMEN OR SOMETHING
CAN BE ABLE TO GET SOMETHING
DONE MAYBE DOWN THE ROAD MAYBE
IS THIS THE FIRST SORT OF WAY
TO OPEN UP THE DOOR OF THE
CONVERSATION HERE.
>> SO I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE
LAST TIME I WAS ON ANSWERED.
YES TO THAT QUESTION AND YES, I
DO THINK THERE'S A CHANCE TO
STAND WHEN BILL COULD CUT
INTIALLY PAST. BUT IT'S REALLY
COMPLICATED AND TRICKY BECAUSE
WE ACTUALLY SAW AND I WAS ON
CHEDDAR IN 9 2019 TALKING
ABOUT THIS. WE SAW THAT THERE
WAS A REPUBLICAN PLAN THERE WAS
A DEMOCRATIC PLAN THAT WAS NOT
US A GOOD A GOOD AMOUNT OF
SUPPORT ON EITHER SIDE TO PASS
IGER'S PLAN
AND SO YOU KNOW EVEN IF
ULTIMATELY WE HAD WHAT THE
REPUBLICANS ARE PROPOSING THE
PROM WITH HIS HEAD AND HOW IT'S
PAID FOR. YOU KNOW MOST OF THE
PLANS THAT THEY HAVE PROPOSED
HAVE INVOLVED
THINGS LIKE BORROWING FROM YOUR
OWN FROM YOUR OWN RETIREMENT AS
A WOMAN WHICH OF COURSE YOU
KNOW IS STEALING FROM YOURSELF
AND ONLY FURTHER UNDERMINES
WOMEN IN PERPETUATES THE
MOTHERHOOD PENALTY. THESE ARE
SOLUTIONS WE SHOULD HAVE DONE
BY OURSELVES, WE SHALL AS A
SOCIETY CONTRIBUTE AND WE'VE
ACTUALLY SEEN THIS WORK AT THE
STATE LEVEL YOU KNOW WE
KNOW THAT 9
AND IT DOES AND WASHINGTON DC
DO HAVE SOME LEGALLY PROTECTED
PAID FAMILY LEAVE IT IS NOT
PERFECT AND I'VE A LOT OF
PEOPLE THAT
IT IS POTENTIALLY INACCESSIBLE
TO THEM THERE ARE DIFFERENT
RULES THAT APPLY IN DIFFERENT
STATES DIFFERENT PEOPLE QUALIFY
YOU'VE GOT TEACHERS WHO DON'T
ALL FIND MANY STATES YOU'VE GOT
PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES THAT CAN'T CAN'T USE
IT. SO WE REALLY DO NEED A
UNIVERSAL PLAN THAT JUST SETS
THE BAR FOR WHAT IS A
HUMAN RIGHT AS A PARENT AS A
CAREGIVER AS SOMEONE'S ADULT
CHILD WHO NEEDS
THEIR CARE. ACROSS THE BOARD
THAT NO GREA