Robert ReichFeb 6, 2023

There are 193 member nations in the United Nations.

All but 11 guarantee some form of paid sick leave.

Guess what? The U.S. is one of those 11.

As a result, 33 million American workers have no paid sick leave from their employer.

This is deeply inhumane. Paid leave. Now.

Show threadAnne CollierFeb 6, 2023
@rbreich Also inhumane is the fact that the US is the only #UnitedNations member (actually the only country on the planet) that hasn't ratified the UN Convention on the #Rights of the Child. #UNCRC #ChildrensRights
Show threadCarol WaradyFeb 7, 2023
@annecollier @rbreich why is that?
Show threadAnne Collier
@carolw @rbreich The Washington Post tried to answer that (quite ably) almost a decade ago, when my country was 1 of 3 that hadn't ratified the CRC, here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2014/11/21/why-wont-the-u-s-ratify-the-u-n-s-child-rights-treaty/ A year later, after Somalia and S.Sudan had ratified it, the ACLU weighed in on this question too: https://www.aclu.org/news/human-rights/theres-only-one-country-hasnt-ratified-convention-childrens Sadly, I think it would be even harder to make it happen now. Hope I'm wrong.
Why won’t the U.S. ratify the U.N.’s child rights treaty?

The non-ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child is hypocritical.

The Washington Post
Feb 7, 2023 at 5:20pmWeb
Show threadCarol WaradyFeb 7, 2023
@annecollier @rbreich thanks