To: The United States Senate
Tell Congress We Need Paid Sick Days: Support the Healthy Families Act!
I urge you to protect the economic security and health of our families and our nation by acting quickly to cosponsor and pass the Healthy Families Act.
Please do everything in your power to support, co-sponsor, and pass the Healthy Families Act!
Please do everything in your power to support, co-sponsor, and pass the Healthy Families Act!
Why is this important?
The truth is that we ALL get sick, but not everyone in the United States has access to the time off they need to get better. In fact, right now 43 million Americans—more than four in ten private-sector workers and 80% of low-wage workers—can't earn a single paid sick day for when they or a family member are sick.
This means too often people have to make an impossible choice between going to work sick (and risk infecting coworkers and customers) or staying home and losing an invaluable day’s pay, or sometimes even losing their job.
It's not rocket science: That's bad for families, and it’s bad for our nation's economy!
Paid sick days boost our families, economy, and businesses—a win-win-win!
This means too often people have to make an impossible choice between going to work sick (and risk infecting coworkers and customers) or staying home and losing an invaluable day’s pay, or sometimes even losing their job.
It's not rocket science: That's bad for families, and it’s bad for our nation's economy!
Paid sick days boost our families, economy, and businesses—a win-win-win!