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Connecticut and the Nation are Better Off with Statewide Paid Sick Days Law in Place, Moms Movement Leader Says

July 11, 2011
Paid Sick Days

Lisa Lederer, 202-371-1996

“When Governor Dannel Malloy signed An Act Mandating Employers Provide Paid Sick Leave to Employees, Connecticut blazed a trail by adopting America’s first statewide paid sick days law.  Now fewer people in the state will get the flu with their burgers, and fewer moms will have to send sick children to school or daycare or lose a paycheck if they stay home to provide care.  Connecticut now becomes an example for the rest of the country. 
 
With our local partners and national allies, MomsRising worked for years to help secure this victory.  We collected stories from our members all across Connecticut.  Two of our members testified in support of the new law this year, and many others personally delivered hand sanitizer along with personal stories to legislators.  MomsRising members generated thousands of emails and letters in support of the law, reached out to media, activated others in their communities, and wrote thousands of thank you notes after the legislation was passed.  We are so happy that it paid off for workers in the state.
 
At MomsRising, we hear from members all over the country every day about the struggles they face without basic workplace flexibility.  For Connecticut workers, some of those struggles will now be solved.  Moms all across America deserve the same.
 
Paid sick days are a logical, common-sense, fair policy that everyone deserves.  We all get sick.  When we’re worried about our kids’ health or our own health, we shouldn’t also have to worry about whether we’ll be able to pay the rent or put food on the table.
 
We thank every legislator who voted for this law, and especially Governor Malloy, who fought for its passage and made this win a priority for this young Administration.  The state and the nation are better off because he did.”
 

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.