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Paid Sick Days

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Tell Congress: Advance Paid Sick Days with the Healthy Families Act!

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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It's Labor Day!
[Image description: graphic with a woman with brown skin with arm flexed as Rosie the Riveter. Text: “It’s Labor Day! Excited about the powerful wins for WA working moms and women? Minimum wage. Equal Pay. Sick and Safe Leave. Paid Family & Medical Leave]
Family Economic Security MomsRising MomsRising Near You Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Realistic & Fair Wages

Labor of Love: Thanking the Labor Movement for MOMumental victories

09/03/18
From a strong minimum wage to paid family and medical leave, Washington’s labor movement has been MOMumental in a slew of powerful wins for women and families.
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Maggie Humphreys
Family Economic Security MomsRising Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy

Urge the Portland City Council to pass paid sick days!

07/17/18
Urge the Portland City Council to pass a universal earned sick days ordinance that doesn't leave out certain workers or families!
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Sara Alcid
Family Economic Security MomsRising Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy

In need of some good news? You're in luck!

07/05/18
The Albuquerque City Council is considering paid sick days legislation this session and we have an opportunity to influence the scope and strength of the ordinance.
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Sara Alcid
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Equal Pay Day at Your Local Coffee Shop!

03/28/18
Women’s wages fuel our businesses, economy, and most importantly -- working families. That’s why we teamed up with Main Street Alliance to mark equal pay day with a fun and high-impact gimmick. Over thirty coffee shops and other small businesses will be using our custom coffee sleeves and napkins on April 10th -- Equal Pay Day, the day when ALL women’s wages catch up with what men made in the twelve months of 2017 alone.
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Sara Alcid
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#5Actions of the Week: March 4, 2018

03/04/18
Happy Sunday! We hope you've had a good week — and have weathered all the storms that may have come your way okay! This week's #5Actions roundup keeps the drumbeat going around gun safety, immigration, and SNAP (food stamps). Gun safety is top of our actions list this week because we all know...
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Karen Showalter
Paid Sick Days

A Momentous Day for Maryland

01/12/18
This afternoon, the Maryland State Senate followed the House of Delegates’ lead by voting to override Governor Hogan’s veto of HB1. After years of waiting and advocating for this bill, earned sick days will finally be a reality for workers in our state. This is a huge victory for Maryland’s working...
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Ruth Martin

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NJ Thank-You Card! #PaidSickDays

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/7204/">NJ Thank-You Card! #PaidSickDays</a>

It is truly a new day in New Jersey, and in a few short months New Jersey will be a more just and fair place to live and work.

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Sign our Thank-You Card for NJ Legislators that passed #PaidSickDays!

Portland City Council: Pass a strong earned sick days ordinance!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/sign/PortlandME_EarnedSickDays/">Portland City Council: Pass a strong earned sick days ordinance!</a>

The Portland City Council is currently considering an earned sick days ordinance that would allow Portland workers to earn up to six paid sick days each year. 

>>> Now your Councilors need to hear from YOU! Ask them to pass a strong city-wide paid sick days policy!

 

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Portland City Council: Pass a strong earned sick days ordinance!

Albany County Legislature: Pass Paid Sick Days!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/sign/AlbanyCountyPSD/">Albany County Legislature: Pass Paid Sick Days!</a>

The Albany County Legislature is currently considering passing paid sick days!

Now your legislator needs to hear from YOU! Ask them to pass a strong county-wide paid sick days policy!

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Albany County Legislature: Pass Paid Sick Days!

Tell Congress: Advance Paid Sick Days with the Healthy Families Act!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/sign/HFA_2017/">Tell Congress: Advance Paid Sick Days with the Healthy Families Act!</a>

Senator Murray and Representative DeLauro swooped in this year (Super Woman style) with the reintroduction of the Healthy Families Act – national paid sick days legislation – which is a true win-win-win for working families, businesses, and the economy!

For a healthy workforce and economy, we need the Healthy Families Act! Urge your members of Congress to act swiftly to advance paid sick days.

Together with raising the minimum wage, paid family & medical leave, and equal pay, paid sick days help ensure the economic security of families across our nation, especially communities of color and Muslim, immigrant, and LGBTQ+ families, as well as rural communities, all of whom are disproportionately facing unjust and harmful actions from the Trump Administration. 

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Tell Congress: Advance Paid Sick Days with the Healthy Families Act!

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