U.S. Lags Behind World In Paid Family Leave

KUNM | By Megan Kamerick

Published June 30, 2018 at 5:38 PM MDT

Ellen Bravo in a scene from "Zero Weeks"

Sat. 06/30, 12p: The United States is the only developed country in the world without some form of guaranteed paid family leave. This forces many Americans to choose between taking time off to care for a sick family member or continue to work in order to keep their job and health benefits. Ahead of a screening of the film "Zero Weeks" at The Guild Cinema on July 15, we talk with Ellen Bravo, co-director of Family Values@Work about the campaign to get paid family leave in New Mexico and around the country.

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Megan Kamerick

Megan has been a journalist for 25 years and worked at business weeklies in San Antonio, New Orleans and Albuquerque. She first came to KUNM as a phone volunteer on the pledge drive in 2005. That led to volunteering on Women’s Focus, Weekend Edition and the Global Music Show. She was then hired as Morning Edition host in 2015, then the All Things Considered host in 2018. Megan was hired as News Director in 2021.

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