'Unions have been key to many of the gains for workers we celebrate on Labor Day,' ReshMasaujani writes for CNNOpinion. 'It's well past time to unionize a movement among the biggest group of unrecognized, unsupported workers in the US: mothers.'
Reshma Saujani is the founder of Girls Who Code, an international nonprofit organization working to close the gender gap in technology while teaching girls confidence and bravery through coding, and the founder of the Marshall Plans for Moms movement.
Reshma Saujani They have demanding, unpredictable jobs and few workplace protections. Quitting is abandonment and the position is unpaid. These too-often forsaken workers are America's 45 million moms. And the past year has shown that the time has come to unionize. Moms have long benefited from unions. Recent research shows that mothers in unions are 17% more likely to use paid maternity leave.
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