“Nearly 12 million Latinos – almost 60 percent of the Hispanic workforce, have no access to a paid sick day,” says Leticia Mederos, vice president of the National Partnership for Women and Families. “That means if you have a sick baby with an ear infection, a Latina mom might have to choose between taking the baby to the doctor or losing her job,” Mederos adds.
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“The policies need to catch up to the reality that Latina women are increasingly the family breadwinners,” she says. “Yet we have public policies which reflect a man’s world and are not reflective of today’s economy.”