Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Yes, the United States is the only industrialized nation without paid family leave

New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand put Hillary Clinton’s stance on women’s issues front and center at the first night of the Democratic National Convention.

Gillibrand offered Clinton as a person who would bring America into the 21st century, and played off a popular television series about advertising executives in the 1960s where women were relegated to making coffee.

"Our policies are stuck in the Mad Men era," she said. "We are the only industrialized nation that does not guarantee workers paid family leave. Many women can't even get a paid day off to give birth."

Gillibrand’s comparison of America to the rest of the industrialized nations is a familiar Democratic talking point.

Bernie Sanders has said it. So has President Barack Obama. Twice.

The claim rates Mostly True, and here’s why....
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jul/25/kirsten-gillibrand/yes-us-only-industrialized-nation-without-paid-fam/


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