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Moms head to Annapolis in support of Paid Sick Days

February 18, 2015
Paid Sick Days

Lisa Lederer, 202-371-1996

MomsRising members to meet with lawmakers, discuss how paid sick days boost our families and economy
ANNAPOLIS – MomsRising members and their children, representing one of the more than 130 organizations behind the Maryland Campaign for Paid Sick Days, will be in Annapolis on Wednesday, Feb. 18 to deliver toy rocket ships and storybooks in support of the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act (SB 40/HB 385). Participants from across the state will remind policymakers that access to paid sick days boosts our families and the economy.
 
More than 700,000* people in our state cannot earn paid sick days to use when they or a family member are ill. Lack of access to paid sick days creates significant public health risks and disproportionately affects low-wage and service industry workers, often forcing these Marylanders to choose between their health and economic stability. Sponsored by Senator Catherine E. Pugh (D-Dist. 40) and Delegate Luke H. Clippinger (D-Dist. 46), the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act would allow workers to earn up to seven paid sick days per year to use when they or a family member are ill. The legislation also includes access to safe leave for those in need of support and services related to domestic violence, stalking or sexual assault.
 
WHAT: Moms Rising Lobby Day
WHERE: Anne Arundel County Delegation Room – Room 142
Legislative Offices
WHEN: Wednesday, February 18
10 a.m.
WHO: Maryland Moms & Their Families
 
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* Institute for Women’s Policy Research. (2013, January.) Access to Paid Sick Days in Maryland
 

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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.