Moms at the MA State House today « MomsRising Blog.
Why do we need paid sick days?
Today, nearly 1.4 million working people in Massachusetts aren’t allowed to earn a single paid sick day–and even folks with paid sick days are often not allowed to use them to take care of sick kids.1 When we’re talking about stopping the spread of illnesses like the swine flu, that’s a serious problem. In today’s economy, folks just can’t afford to lose a day’s pay (or risk losing their jobs!), and as a result simply have no choice but to go to work sick, or send sick kids to school.
Lacking paid sick days is not only really hard on individuals and their families, it also has health consequences for the general public. We all want people who are sick to be able to stay home so that they will not, unintentionally, get others in their community sick as well.
