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Page 1: EVERYONE GETS SICK. NOT EVERYONE HAS TIME TO GET BETTER. Support Paid Sick Days

EVERYONE GETS SICK.

NOT EVERYONE HAS TIME TO GET BETTER.

Support Paid Sick Dayswww.paidsickdays.org

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U.S. policies don’t provide

a basic labor standard

No federal paid sick days policy for workers or their families Only San Francisco has a paid sick days

law Only 7 states allow workers to use

paid sick days to care for a sick family member: California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maine,

Minnesota, Washington and Wisconsin Workers need a minimum labor

standard of paid sick days

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Workers pay a price

Half of workers have NO paid sick days

3 in 4 low-wage workers have NO paid sick days

4 in 5 food service or hotel workers have NO paid sick days

Nearly 100 million workers have NO paid sick days to care for a sick child

Half of working moms miss work when a child gets sick—and a quarter don’t get paid

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Without this basic labor standard…

“We make tough choices every day: a sick child or a demanding boss; a parent-teacher conference or a pink slip. What would you do?”

– Sonia, Staten Island, NY

“When my child is sick I have to stay home. I’ve been "let go" from my last two jobs because of it. I didn’t expect to be paid for sick time, but I did expect to keep my job.” – Sheryl, Los Angeles, CA

“I can't afford to get sick. If I miss work to go to the doctor, I lose pay plus I have to come up with $60 for the office visit.” – Melinda, Ona, WV

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We’re losing globally

“Countries that invest in [workers’] ability to work and raise kids are the more [economically] competitive.“

– Dr. Jody Heymann, McGill Univ. 145 countries offer paid sick days.

127 provide a week or more sick time. Better working conditions = lower

family poverty rates = better health and education outcomes.

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States taking on paid sick days

SF

Milwaukee

Montana

Missouri

Ohio

Maryland

Penn.

N. Carolina

Florida

Conn.

MaineVermont Mass.

DC

Bills to be Introduced in 08/09

Bills Introduced in 07

Bills Passed

West Virgini

a

Minn

Alaska

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More than a dozen state paid sick days

billsBills Introduced in

2007 Connecticut District of Columbia Florida Maine Maryland Massachusetts Minnesota Missouri North Carolina Pennsylvania Vermont

Bills to be Introduced Alaska Connecticut (reintroduction) Maryland (reintroduction) Maine (held over from 2007) Massachusetts (held over

from 2007) Milwaukee, Wisc. Minnesota (reintroduction) Montana (in 2009) North Carolina

(reintroduction) Ohio (initiated statute in 2008) Pennsylvania

(reintroduction) Rhode Island West Virginia

(reintroduction)

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Federal legislation:Healthy Families

Act 7 paid sick days To care for themselves or family

members, and for doctor’s appointments

Prorated for part-time workers Applies to business with 15+

workers Record number of cosponsors

24 in the Senate; 80 in the House

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Over 130 organizations at the

national levelLabor: AFL-CIO, SEIU, UFCW, IBT, LIUNA, UNITE/HERE, UAW, AFSCME, APALA,

AFT, NEA, CWA, CLUW, LCLAA, OPEIU, Pride At Work, USW, Working America

Women’s: NOW, 9to5, Ms. Foundation for Women, Business and Professional Women/USA (BPW), Feminist Majority, Legal Momentum, MomsRising

Community: ACORN, Center for Community Change, Coalition on Human Needs, National Urban League

Faith-Based: Interfaith Worker Justice, Church Women United, National Council of Jewish Women, NETWORK: A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, United Church of Christ

Civil Rights: Asian American Justice Center, Human Rights Campaign, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), MALDEF, NAACP, NCLR

Health and Medical: American Public Health Association, Black Women’s Health Imperative, National Association of School Nurses, The AIDS Action Council, The AIDS Institute, Docs for Tots, Epilepsy Foundation, National Women’s Health Network

Think Tanks and Progressive Research: Center for American Progress, Center for Law and Social Policy, FamiliesUSA

Caregiver: Family Caregiver Alliance, National Center on Caregiving, Take Care Net, National Family Caregivers Association

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Public strongly supports

paid sick days 89% of voters favor paid sick days

as a basic labor standard Support for paid sick days is strong

across party lines: 94% of Democrats 90% of Independents 83% of Republicans support paid sick days.

Nearly 1 in 8 said that they or an adult worker in their family had been fired or penalized by their employer for taking a sick day

Source: Lake Research Partners, 9/2007

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-5%

81%

90%

75%

10%

8%

14%

-2%

-2%

-1%

-3%

-5%

-20% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

African American*

Hispanic*

Total

Strongly oppose Not so strongly oppose Strongly favor Not so strongly favor

Overall, voters overwhelmingly favor a basic labor standard of

paid sick daysQ.: Overall do you favor or oppose a basic labor standard that would guarantee all workers a minimum number of paid sick days to care for themselves or immediate family members? [If favor/oppose, Ask: Is that strongly/not so strongly favor/oppose?] (Split sampled question)

* Small n size

89%

97%

91%

8%

3%

7%

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-7%-4%

-3%

75%

74%

12%

15%-3%

-20% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Men

Women

Strongly oppose Not so strongly opposeStrongly favor Not so strongly favor

Support is equally high among men and

womenQ.: Overall do you favor or oppose a basic labor standard that would guarantee all workers a minimum number of paid sick days to care for themselves or immediate family members? [If favor/oppose, Ask: Is that strongly/not so strongly favor/oppose?] (Split sampled question)

89%

88%

6%

11%

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Support for a basic labor standard of paid sick

days crosses party lines

-8% 61%

75%

87%

22%

15%

-2%

-4%

-3%

-3%

-4%

6%

-20% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Republican

Independent

Democrat

Strongly oppose Not so strongly oppose Strongly favor Not so strongly favor

Q.: Overall do you favor or oppose a basic labor standard that would guarantee all workers a minimum number of paid sick days to care for themselves or immediate family members? [If favor/oppose, Ask: Is that strongly/not so strongly favor/oppose?] (Split sampled question)

94%

90%

83%

5%

8%

12%

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14%

24%

13%11%

6%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

Yes

Under 30 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 64 65 +

One in four, ages 30 – 39, say they or a family member had been disciplined for taking a sick day

Q.: Have you or any other adult worker in your family ever been fired, suspended, written up or otherwise penalized by an employer for taking time off from work to care for a sick child or family member, or to cope with an illness yourself?

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Looking ahead

State letters of support Online rally at

www.EveryoneGetsSick.org Healthy Families Act hearing in the House New state bills in 2008

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For more information

National Partnership for Women & Families202-986-2600

www.paidsickdays.org