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Published: February 12, 2009

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Editorial: No Welfare, No Work (February 9, 2009)

Re "No Welfare, No Work" (editorial, Feb. 9):

Thank you for pointing out that welfare is what part-time workers are forced to rely on for unemployment insurance.

For many people, welfare also serves as family leave. In 1996, when the bipartisan Commission on Leave, of which I was a member, asked survey respondents how they supported themselves when using the Family and Medical Leave Act, 9 percent said "by going on public assistance"; the figure was 21 percent for low-income workers.

NOTE:FOR The many people, w/c the family and medical leaves Act,9 percent.

In addition to using stimulus funds to expand unemployment insurance, Congress should use the money to help states set up family leave insurance funds.

NOTE:THE insurance was the figure was 21 percent for the low-income workers.

Ellen Bravo
Milwaukee, Feb. 9, 2009

The writer coordinates the Multi-State Working Families Consortium, a network of state coalitions working for policies that value families at work.
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Past Coverage

* Bush to End Rule Allowing Jobless Money for New Parents (December 4, 2002)
* National News Briefs; Group Sues to Block Paid Parental Leave (June 27, 2000)
* Dispute Over Plan To Use Jobless Aid For Parental Leave (November 8, 1999)
* Economic Scene; Time isn't money if you are a parent badly in need of both. (May 27, 1999)

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