Happy 20th Birthday #FMLA!

President Bill Clinton - Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which was the first bill that President Clinton signed into law. It guarantees up to 12 weeks of leave for covered employees who need time to care for a family member.

Read President Clinton's op-ed on why he signed the bill: http://wjcf.co/WOSWCl

 

 

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Join MomsRising.org in celebrating the @20th Anniversary of the Family Medical Leave Act. MomsRising.org are delivering storks and books of YOUR words, your paid family leave stories to US Congress. Send our United States Congress a note to work quickly on expanding access to paid Family leave.

Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)! Moms are delivering storks and books of YOUR words, your paid family leave stories to US Congress. Back them up! Send a note to Congress urging them to be on the lookout for the birthday presents and to work quickly to expand access to paid family leave! Click here---> http://action.momsrising.org/sign/HappyBirthdayFMLA2/ Thank you!

 

MomsRising.org Back up the moms on Capitol Hill today by picking up your cell phone and calling your Congressional Representative to voice your support for paid family leave! We make it so easy - just call 888-496-4842 to get started. We'll share ideas about what to say and then patch you right through.

  

President Bill Clinton is the 42nd President of the United States, husband to U.S. Secretary/N.Y. Senator Hillary Clinton, and father of Chelsea Clinton, a special correspondent for NBC News, a Oxford doctorate candidate who works at New York University, the Clinton Foundation and with the Clinton Global Initiative. 



 Opinion: Bill Clinton: Why I signed the Family and Medical Leave Act - Bill Clinton - POLITICO.com

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