Paid Sick Leave Legislation is moving forward!

A reminder of why this is important-- One of our MotherWomen- a low-income, single mother of a very cute baby who has been attending MotherWoman groups for two year- was fired from her job recently because her little boy was sick and she had to stay home to care for him.
 
An Act Establishing Paid Sick Days was voted favorably out of the Labor and Workforce Development Committee!  Thanks to committee members Senator Stephen Buoniconti and Representative Cheryl Coakley-Rivera for working hard to move that bill forward through the committee.

The bill has moved to the Ways and Means Committee to be reviewed. Four Western, MA legislators are on this committee. Click here to find your legislator. Here are local legislators on this committee with links to their email. If you are in their district, please email or call them and ask them to support An Act Establishing Paid Sick Days:
Rep. Stephen Kulik
Rep. Michael Kane
Rep. Christopher Donelan
Rep. Christopher Speranzo   

"We are closer than we have ever been to passing paid sick leave legislation in Massachusetts," stated Marianne Bullock. If this bill passes, Massachusetts will be the first state in the nation to guarantee paid sick leave for its workers. For more information about the bill.