INTERVIEW — ANDIE ZUNIGA – Legislative Director & Counsel for “Paid Leave for the United States” (PL+US) — Discussed how paid family leave is gaining momentum with both Democrats and Republican lawmakers, and what both sides are proposing for family leave.
- BIO: Andie Zuniga, Legislative Director & Counsel served as the Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Federal Affairs for Mayor Bill de Blasio and assisted with the development and implementation of his personnel order that provided New York City employees six weeks of fully paid parental leave that can be combined with existing accrued leave for a total of twelve weeks. Experienced with moving legislation on the federal, state, and local level, Andie has coordinated multi-organization coalitions on immigration, infrastructure and workers rights. As a Legislative Representative, she played a key role in the historic AFL-CIO and US Chamber of Commerce agreement on the future flow of guest workers that passed the Senate as part of a comprehensive immigration reform bill.
- FAMILY Act: Gillibrand renews push for national paid leave program
- Ivanka Trump made a new appeal for a federal paid family leave program on Capitol Hill – jump-starting a legislative push at a meeting with GOP senators.
I'm here with the talent, @andiezd. Thanks for having us @WMALDC @TheDCVince @carrielukas to talk #PaidFamilyLeave as it picks up bipartisan steam on the Hill! pic.twitter.com/lW2ltq4hPx
— Shira Albagli (@ShiraAlbagli) February 14, 2019
The majority of people who take FMLA (unpaid leave) do so to care for themselves or a seriously ill family member – @andiezd @WMALDC
— PL+US (@PaidLeaveUS) February 14, 2019
You shouldn't have to win the boss lottery to have #PaidFamilyLeave – @andiezd @WMALDC pic.twitter.com/AlTLycI9CA
— PL+US (@PaidLeaveUS) February 14, 2019
It makes good business sense to support paid family leave – @andiezd @WMALDC #PaidFamilyLeave pic.twitter.com/eIP9UmNfEh
— PL+US (@PaidLeaveUS) February 14, 2019
