<p>Most American workers are forced to choose between getting paid and caring for their families. In this episode, AFT President Randi Weingarten joins Kansas City Federation of Teachers President Jason Roberts and Ohio Federation of Teachers organizer Kristin McCormick to discuss recent victories and ongoing struggles to ensure working families have paid leave.</p>

Most American workers are forced to choose between getting paid and caring for their families. In this episode, AFT President Randi Weingarten joins Kansas City Federation of Teachers President Jason Roberts and Ohio Federation of Teachers organizer Kristin McCormick to discuss recent victories and ongoing struggles to ensure working families have paid leave.

Why Workers Need Paid Leave Now

Everyone in America deserves the freedom to thrive. Join AFT President Randi Weingarten on Union Talk as she interviews workers, policymakers and experts who are confronting the issues working families face and championing solutions from the classroom to the bargaining table to Congress to secure opportunity, justice and a voice in our democracy for all. If you care about great public schools and affordable higher education, healthcare as a right, unions, an economy that works for all and a thriving democracy, Union Talk dives deep into these issues and demonstrates that together we can accomplish for our families and communities what is impossible to do alone.

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