 A new push to force companies to offer paid leave. Activists yesterday delivered a petition with more than 55,000 signatures to members of Congress demanding legislation that would allow workers nationwide to take paid time off for family or for medical reasons. The petition, organized by advocacy groups Paid Leave for All and Moms Rising, aims to create a permanent national paid leave program. At CBC's Andrew Dimbert right now, only about a quarter of private sector workers have access to paid leave through their jobs.