Global Companies, Small Business Owners Join Together to Support a National Paid Leave Policy
This week during Businesses for Paid Leave Week of Action businesses from around the country will join together to show support for a federal paid family and medical leave policy. Over the course of the week, businesses will participate in meetings with key members of Congress, engage in social media activations, and be available for select media opportunities.
Juneteenth - A time to reflect and recommit
A thriving Black-owned small business economy is key to economic justice
June 18, 2021
The federal recognition of the Juneteenth holiday this year has special importance for Black small business owners across the country. It marks the day enslaved people in Texas were finally told of their freedom, two years after the emancipation proclamation. It is not lost on us that we recognize this day of reflection and celebration during the year that also marks the 100th anniversary of the brutal massacre and white riots that burned down a thriving Black business and residential district in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Small Businesses Celebrate SCOTUS Health Care Win, Look to Next Steps on a Priority Issue
June 17, 2021
On the Supreme Court Decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act, Co-Executive Directors of Main Street Alliance Chanda Causer and Stephen Michael had this to say:
“Small businesses across the country are celebrating the Supreme Court decision to protect the health care of American families. The Affordable Care Act is the only thing standing between the 135 million people with pre-existing conditions and the insurance companies.
Small Business Owners Stand for Paid Leave
June 14, 2021
Today, Paid Leave for the United States (PL+US) Action, Paid Leave for All Action, and Main Street Action released ads featuring small business owners from Virginia, West Virginia, Arizona and New Hampshire who support national paid family and medical leave. The ads urge Sen. Mark Warner to ensure paid leave is included in any jobs and long-term economic growth package passed by Congress.
100 Small Business Leaders to Converge on Capitol Hill to Urge Congress to Pass the American Jobs Plan and 100% Clean Electricity Standard
June 14, 2021
One hundred prominent small business leaders from across the country and from a variety of industries will come together on Capitol Hill on June 16th in support of President Joe Biden’s historic American Jobs Plan and its provision for a 100% clean electricity standard (CES).