Bloomberg: Small Business Coalition Launches Campaign for Paid Family Leave
By Genevieve Douglas
Group representing small businesses pushing for national paid family leave
Goal is to educate, lobby for business owners in states, Congress
A group of organizations representing small-business owners has launched a national campaign for federal paid family and medical leave.
The coalition, announced Dec. 11, aims to create a platform for small-business owners who support a social-insurance paid family and medical leave program.
“Everyone talks about small business and what small-business owners need. But when you talk to small-business owners, it’s surprising,” said Amanda Ballantyne, director of The Main Street Alliance, one of the groups involved. “It gives real small-business owners the chance to stand up and talk about the policies that would help them and help their employees.”
The coalition…