Door-Knocking for Paid Sick Days

The DC Employment Justice Center (EJC) is coordinating a door-knocking campaign to spread the word about the Paid Sick and Safe Days Act now in DC City Council. Volunteers will circulate petitions beginning tomorrow, October 2 and continuing on October 5, 10 & 12. Currently, no State or Federal law anywhere in the country requires employers to provide workers with paid sick days, which strikes hardest at low-income workers, who are both the least likely to have paid sick time, and the most likely to desperately need it. Introduced in May, the DC Paid Sick and Safe Days Act would mandate that every employee in the district be given paid time off to address their own illness, illnesses of family members, or domestic violence or sexual abuse (for victims of that violence). Full-time employees would earn 10 paid sick and safe days per year.  To help get the Council to bring it to a vote, join EJC’s petition campaign; contact Sam Black at sblack@dcejc.org or 202-828-9675 ext. 24 to sign up.