Beyond that, we need to expand access to parental leave. While we've made a lot of progress on availability of paid parental leave, we have a long way to go. Listen to this. Only 27% of private sector workers nationwide, only 27% have access to any paid family leave. That's unacceptable. How can we say we're pro family when we don't let people take time off to start a family? (09:02–09:13)
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