Roadtrip Listening: GATG x Paid Leave For All’s Dawn Huckelbridge

This might be the nicest thing in the history of the world ever to be said about the DMV – no seriously, kind words were used to describe its ability to function, along with government as a whole:

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Justice for the #DMV? #politics #politicstiktok

And to the point of functioning, this week’s interview with Paid Leave For All’s Dawn Huckelbridge discusses how a national paid leave for all policy would work. It also hits on why the policy is needed, who benefits, and how it would grow the economy. Whether or not this policy has a path to pass in our current Congress, which is laser-focused on protecting the freedoms of stoves, was also dissected:

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Can a national #paidleaveforall policy pass in #congress ? We dove into the possibilities with @Paid Leave For All ‘s Director, Dawn Hucke... See more

The full chat on bringing paid leave accessibility from 25% of US workers to 100% can be viewed on YouTube…

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