Duh, employers. Let sick workers stay home

On Tuesday the Centers for Disease Control released its new toolkit, Preparing for the Flu: A Communication Toolkit for Businesses and Employers, which includes recommendations from the CDC, and a letter cosigned by the Secretaries of Commerce, Health and Human Services, and Labor. Their advice? Plan ahead and “encourage sick workers to stay home without [...]

She would have given up on breastfeeding

I was amazed when a friend of mine told me that it took about a month for her and her first baby to figure out how to breastfeed. (Doesn’t breastfeeding just…happen?) But she explained to me that it is actually a skill that moms and babies have to figure out. My friend was dedicated to [...]

Paid Sick Days MOMentum!

Did you know that a bill proposing a paid sick days law was first introduced in Congress in 2004? Since then, never, not once, did the bill even get scheduled for a Congressional Committee hearing — one of the first big steps before a bill can become a law.

Until now.

UPDATED! Help Daniel’s mom keep her home

On Friday, we heard a story that we felt we had to share with you. It’s about Daniel’s 84 year-old mom, Irene. Her bank is selling the house she has lived in for 34 years.

Big hearing tomorrow for Paid Sick Days!

Together, we’re creating powerful momentum in the fight for paid sick days. But having the support of the Congresspeople who introduced the Healthy Families Act isn’t enough to win this essential protection for working families. We need more Congresspeople on board with us.

We lost the battle in Connecticut, but…

On Wednesday at midnight, the gavel struck marking the close of the Connecticut Senate Session, and the end of our campaign for the Paid Sick Days bill this year. Despite an unbelievable amount of dedication and hard work, our push for Paid Sick Days came up just one vote short in the State Senate. But we still have lots to celebrate…