Working Families

With nearly half of all working New Yorkers lacking a single paid sick day on the job, the Working Families Party together with a broad coalition is working to pass a bill that would give every worker citywide the right to earn paid leave.

In 2009, 39 City Councilmembers signed on the Paid Sick Time act and our grassroots campaign helped put the issue on the top of the City Hall agenda.  Sign the petition to get involved –

CAMPAIGN UPDATES:

Gonzalez: The Need for Paid Sick Leave — Add Councilmember Sara Gonzalez to ranks of those pushing to make a citywide paid sick days bill a top priority at the City Council.  Gonzalez penned an op-ed in El Barrio, the Spanish-language weekly serving Sunset Park, noting that low-income Latino workers are among those least likely to receive paid sick days on the job.  Read more –>

Newest Councilmember signs on to Paid Sick Time act – Councilmember Ydanis Rodriguez — elected this November and sworn into office last Tuesday — announced that his first official act would be joining with 38 of his colleagues in sponsoring the Paid Sick Time Act. Rodriguez said in a statement….Read more –>

City Council Holds Historic Hearing on Paid Sick Days Bill – Over a hundred people rallied today at City Hall in support of a landmark bill that would give every worker in New York City the right to earn paid sick leave at work. Gloria Steinem was on hand, joining a growing coalition of public health experts, small business owners…Read more –>

Shocking New Study: Half of NYC Without Paid Sick Days – A shocking new report released last Thursday by the Community Service Society and A Better Balance shows that nearly half of all working New Yorkers (as many as 1.85 million people) – have no paid sick leave on the job.  At least 1.3 million New Yorkers have no paid time off whatsoever (no vacation, no personal days)…Read more–>