Sick Days Bill Languishing

As we enter flu season, DC workers still don't have paid sick days. DC Jobs With Justice, the DC Employment Justice Center and the Metro Washington Council yesterday launched an e-activist campaign urging Councilmember Carol Schwartz to move quickly to pass the Paid Sick and Safe Days Act. The Act would guarantee a minimum number of paid sick days for all DC workers. But while the entire DC City Council signed on in support when the bill was introduced last May and Councilmember Schwartz promised to pass the bill by the end of the year, the bill is still languishing in her committee as 2007 draws to a close. Please click here to tell Councilmember Schwartz to keep her promise and move the Paid Sick Days bill forward now.