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A note regarding the guests response to my previous comment:  

It is likely more beneficial to employees and employers in the long-term if things like child care and health care are not attached to employment.  Instead, the state needs to intervene to make both higher quality, more accessible and more affordable.  Then employers can benefit from state investment in things that help their workers remain healthy and productive.  

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Sustainability is, in part, related to economic security.  So we can't just create jobs, we also need to think about building the things that help people stay attached to jobs when they have them.

Parents and other family caretakers need things like equitably-paid part-time work, flexibility, affordable child care, health care and paid time off so they can stay in a job when they're also working to take care of a family.

Andrea Paluso, Family Forward Oregon

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As the Governor said yesterday, this economic climate provides us with an opportunity to do things differently.  

We need our governor and our legislature to prioritize the economic security of Oregon's families by updating public and workplace policies so they work for today's families and build the workforce we'll need to remain competitive. Things like paid family leave, on-the-job flexibility, and affordable child care need to be major priorities in order to build a strong, family-centered economy.

Andrea Paluso, Family Forward Oregon

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