Vermont Paid Leave Coalition

A community of over 80 businesses, non-profits, and everyday Vermonters working to ensure no one has to choose between making a living and caring for themselves or their loved ones.

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Nursing parents who have access to paid leave are more likely to breastfeed, which has been shown to improve the heart health of the parent and baby. Also, paid leave is important for heart attack survivors in recovery. Almost half of all heart attack survivors return to work after 4 weeks but recovery might take up to 6 months.

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Our rural economies and micropolitan communities depend on locally owned small and medium-scale businesses. Universal paid leave is our opportunity to create an affordable and equitable benefit, uplifting the health of Vermont’s workforce and business ecosystem one household at a time.

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Time and again, the same people are pushed to the margins for the sake of political expediency: people of color, people with disabilities, and people paid poverty wages. Children bear the brunt of this inequitable system and suffer the consequences for a lifetime. We support a universal, accountable, and affordable paid leave program to uplift working parents and ensure child well-being.

Survivors deserve time to seek safety and heal without losing a paycheck. Safe leave will improve survivors’ access to important services, like safety planning, medical care, and the criminal legal system.

Food security is directly related to economic security. When an injury limits someone’s ability to work or a family member needs care, people across Vermont need paid leave to ensure they can continue to afford basic needs like food, shelter, and time to ensure their own well-being before returning to work.

MEMBERSHIP

  • AARP Vermont

  • ACLU of Vermont

  • AFL-CIO

  • AFT-VT

  • AFSCME 1343

  • Alzheimer’s Association, Vermont Chapter

  • American Academy of Pediatrics, Vermont Chapter

  • American Cancer Society Action Network

  • American Heart Association of Vermont

  • Brattleboro Federation of Nurses

  • Building Bright Futures

  • Central Vermont New Directions Coalition

  • Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity

  • Child Care Resource

  • Design Choice Studio

  • Clarina Howard Nichols Center

  • FarVision Consulting

  • CRI-SEIU

  • Dad Guild

  • Family Action, Inc.

  • Hanover Co-Op Food Stores

  • Hunger Free Vermont

  • League of Women Voters of Vermont

  • Little Patakha

  • Living Well Group, Inc

  • Main Street Alliance

  • Mamava

  • Migrant Justice

  • Mosaic Vermont, Inc.

  • NewStory Center

  • Planned Parenthood United

  • Planned Parenthood Vermont Action Fund

  • Prevent Child Abuse Vermont

  • Pride Center of Vermont

  • Public Assets Institute

  • Recovery Vermont

  • Red Hen Baking Company

  • Richard Kemp Center

  • Rights & Democracy

  • Rutland Area NAACP

  • Seventh Generation

  • Steps to End Domestic Violence

  • Sugarsnap

  • The League of Women Voters of Vermont

  • The Root Social Justice Center

  • UE Local 255

  • Umbrella of the NEK

  • United Academics

  • Vermont Adult Learning

  • Vermont AFL-CIO

  • Vermont Afterschool

  • Vermont Association for Area Agencies on Aging

  • Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility

  • Vermont Commission on Women

  • Vermont Early Childhood Advocacy Alliance

  • Vermont Family Network

  • Vermont Foodbank

  • Vermont Interfaith Action

  • Vermont Kin as Parents, Inc

  • Vermont Legal Aid, Inc.

  • Vermont Low Income Advocacy Council

  • Vermont Medical Society

  • Vermont Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence

  • Vermont Parent Child Center Network

  • Vermont Professionals of Color Network

  • Vermont Public Health Association

  • Vermont Works for Women

  • Vermont-NEA

  • Voices Against Violence/Laurie's House

  • Voices for Vermont's Children

  • VPIRG

  • VSEA

  • Windham County NAACP

  • Women Business Owners Network (WBON)

  • Women’s Freedom Center

  • WomenSafe

  • Working Fields