100 years later: still no universal paid family leave in the US

Excellent and sad article by Mona Siegel in the New York Times: The forgotten origins of paid family leave. While the Microsofties have good paid family leave, the contractors employees (more than half the workforce) remain an unknown -essentially voiceless- quantity. When they speak up, they get fired (at least it has been our experience). When will Microsoft survey how its contractors employees are treated as far as paid time off is concerned? Who will dare remember Microsoft of its duties as a signatory of the UN Global Compact?