Main Street Alliance Reacts to the Build Back Better Framework
October 28, 2021
On the release of the White House framework for the Build Back Better plan today, Main Street Alliance Co-Executive Director Chanda Causer had this to say:
“Main Street Alliance supports progress on the framework for the Build Back Better plan as the final deal begins to take shape. In partnership, the Build Back Better Agenda and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal will make critical investments we need to build our economy and rebuild our communities. The President’s legislative agenda will invest in our nation’s future and build an economy that rewards work, not wealth, by lowering costs for working people, supporting small businesses, and creating millions of new good-paying jobs.
1000+ businesses, including nearly 300 business leaders, owners issue urgent call for Congress to include paid leave in Build Back Better legislation
Today, with reports circling that paid leave’s inclusion in the Build Back Better budget deal may be in jeopardy, more than 1,000 businesses, including 300 business leaders, reaffirmed their commitment to a federal paid family and medical leave program.
Paid Leave would Help with Labor Shortage, MSA Small Business Member to Testify to Joint Economic Committee
As Democrats continue to negotiate to Build Back Better, Main Street Alliance Member and Small Business Owner Daniel Swenson-Klatt will testify before Joint Economic Committee members at 3 pm ET today. He will highlight what investments are needed to support workforce participation. Investments in our care economy especially paid leave and child care, are critical to ensuring full workforce participation, especially for women of color.
“My staff need a way to take time off for health and personal reasons that doesn't put my business or their job at jeopardy.” writes Daniel Swenson-Klatt, owner of Butter Bakery Cafe in his hearing testimony. “These events aren’t the type of thing that my staff can schedule, and I can't budget for them. A paid leave program would give us the support we need to remain strong as businesses and hold on to our valuable workers.”
Main Street Alliance members add their voices to Accountable Tech’s “Main Street Against Big Tech” Campaign, to reveal realities of tech monopolies' impact on small businesses
October 22, 2021
On Friday – ahead of next week’s Q3 earnings reports from Facebook, Google, and Amazon – Accountable Tech, including stories from Main Street Alliance members, launched “Main Street Against Big Tech,” a six-figure national campaign and storytelling effort to demonstrate the variety of ways in which Big Tech squeeze and exploit small businesses across the country.
Leading Small Business Organizations Call for Filibuster Carveout to Start Debate on the Freedom to Vote Act
“As a Black woman growing up in the south, I understand the power of the vote! Small business voices are critical and must be protected,” said Chanda Causer, Co-Executive Director of Main Street Alliance. “The Freedom to Vote Act reflects our shared values as Americans, but politics have once again blocked even having a debate on the bill. We need lasting, structural change to reassure small businesses that our democracy is healthy so that we can get to the business of resilient economic recovery. The Senate must do whatever it takes to pass the Freedom to Vote Act.”