Campaign 2010: Paid Sick Days for Vermont
CAMPAIGN 2010: PAID SICK DAYS FOR VERMONT
Action Alert - Tell your Representatives to support Paid Sick Days - call them, write them, share with them
With 106,000 hard-working Vermonters lacking paid sick days, it is crucial to the health of our community that H.382 on Paid Sick Days gets passed. We all get sick and we all care for our loved ones who are sick. It is necessary that all Vermonters be able to take time off from work to both recover and prevent those that we work with from getting sick, while not having to worry about how our bills will get paid or how we will put food on the table.
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We need your help now, take action! Some in the business community are putting opposition pressure on members of the General, Housing and Military Affairs Committee in regards to H.382 on Paid Sick Days. What you can do to help:
1. Contact your Representatives
If you live in the district of any committee members of the House General, Housing and Military Affairs Committee, contact your Representative. Let them know that 106,000 hard working Vermonters who currently lack paid sick days can't afford to wait any longer for H.382 to pass and ask them to support this bill.
* Rep. Helen Head (S. Burlington), (802) 862-2267, helen@helenhead.com
* Rep. Joseph Baker (West Rutland), (802) 438-9819, jbaker@leg.state.vt.us
* Rep. John Moran (Wardsboro), (802) 896-9408, jmoran@leg.state.vt.us
* Rep. Oliver K. Olsen (Jamaica), (802) 444-9004, oliver@oliverolsen.com
* Rep. Kesha K. Ram (Burlington), (802) 881-4433, kram@leg.state.vt.us
* Rep. Brian K. Savage (Swanton), (802) 868-3566, bsaveage@leg.state.vt.us
* Rep. Robert South (St. Johnsbury), (802) 748-0873, vtrepsout@gmail.com
* Rep. Tom Stevens (Waterbury), (802) 244-4164, tom@stevensvermont.com
Otherwise, contact the Speaker of the House:
* Rep. Shap Smith (Morrisville), (802) 828-2245, speaker@leg.state.vt.us
2. Pack the State House - Come to the next hearing on H.382
After a two very successful hearing on H. 382 over the past few weeks in the House General Committee, there is a third hearing happening Wed. Feb. 24th from 2:30-4:30 in Room 10 at the State House in Montpelier. The opposition is lining up against allowing all hard working Vermonters to earn paid sick days. We need your help to fill the hearing room Wednesday to show that Vermonters want to be able to care for their health without fear of loosing their job or not being able to pay their bills.
3. Write a letter to the editor
Get your voice in the paper! Visit our website to get started.
4. Share your story on PSD's
If you have a personal experience of not having paid sick days and would like to share it with us and the House of Representatives, send an email to crobinson@pjcvt.org.
If you have questions send an email to crobinson@pjcvt.org or call 802-863-2345 x8.
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