Save family and medical leave!

Hi --
The federal Family and Medical Leave Act is in danger. Please act before February 2!!!!!

(this is an urgent message adapted from MomsRising, an interesting web-based organization promoting children and family issues, www.momsrising.com):

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) has been a real life-saver for tens of thousands of families. It allows people who work for companies with fifty or more workers up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to care for a new baby, or to care for a family member or themselves when facing a serious health issue.
Now the FMLA, even though it's unpaid leave and only applies to those who work for bigger companies, is at real risk of being scaled back when it actually should be expanded. As you may know, the current law is actually quite weak in comparison to the rest of the world. A Harvard study of 168 countries found that only 4 don't offer some form of paid leave for new mothers--Papua New Guinea, Swaziland, Lesotho, and the United States of America.
THE LOWDOWN: After years of corporate opposition, the U.S. Department of Labor is now seeking comments on the FMLA as it reviews the law. The FMLA could be scaled back if they don't hear from lots of people demanding that they protect (and expand) the law.
TELL THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR TO RETAIN & EXPAND THE FMLA: Submit your comments via e-mail to whdcomments@dol.gov
The comment period ends Feb. 2. Sorry I didn't get this to you earlier. Please forward to everyone you know!!!