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Paid Sick Days

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Working families are hanging on but need more support. They need emergency paid sick days and paid family leave now.

Paid sick days are a matter of economic security. No mother should have to choose between her job and taking care of a sick child. We are working to make earned paid sick days a right for all. 

Can you believe it? Nearly one in three private-sector workers – and 70% of low wage workers cannot earn a single paid sick day.
This means that people are often forced to choose between working sick and losing pay - or even their jobs. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends staying home when we’re sick with common illnesses like the flu, and keeping sick children out of school. Workers without paid sick days don’t have that option, and we all risk getting sick.
 
Over 145 other countries have paid sick leave. Moms are working to put the US on the map. We've had major wins in New York City, Connecticut, Portland, Seattle and San Francisco and we won't stop until everyone has the ability to earn paid sick days!
 
Read MomsRising supporters' personal stories on paid sick days:
As a full-time public school teacher and single mother, I am grateful for my paid sick days. But day after day, I see my own students struggle through a school day when they should be home in bed sick, not at a school desk, but their parents must be at work, because they don’t have paid sick days...Read more
Kim, Missoula, MT

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Paid Leave for All. Now.

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/16986/?source=action">Paid Leave for All. Now. </a>

Paid leave is the key to our long-term health, stability, and prosperity. Paid leave saves jobs. Paid leave saves lives. We can and we must pass it now.

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Time for Paid Leave for All!

TELL YOUR U.S. SENATORS: In the face of Omicron, families need the CTC, Paid Leave, Home Care and Child Care!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/21914/?source=action">TELL YOUR U.S. SENATORS: In the face of Omicron, families need the CTC, Paid Leave, Home Care and Child Care!</a>

Just as families need support the most, monthly Child Tax Credit payments ended in December because Joe Manchin and the Republican Senators refused to pass Build Back Better. With Omicron raging, it's more important than ever to pass BBB to make child care and elder care affordable, guarantee paid family and medical leave, lower the cost of insulin and other prescription drugs, make healthcare more affordable, and more.

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Omicron is Raging, Families Need Support - Tell the U.S. Senate Families Need them to ACT

SIGN NOW: Keep families safe at home and in the workplace, urge Congress to fund paid sick days and paid family leave

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/23424/?source=action">SIGN NOW: Keep families safe at home and in the workplace, urge Congress to fund paid sick days and paid family leave</a>

Congress needs to act now and reinstate paid sick days and paid family leave for all working families.

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Working families are hanging on but need more support. They need emergency paid sick days and paid family leave now.

Tell Congress: Pass Build Back Better NOW!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/20809/?source=action">Tell Congress: Pass Build Back Better NOW!</a>

The historic, much-needed investments in the Build Back Better package, including paid family / medical leave, childcare, home- and community-based services, the Child Tax Credit, addressing equity in maternal health, healthcare, and immigration reform, will be transformative for moms, women, and families.

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Tell Congress: Pass Build Back Better NOW!