Media Advisory For: Tuesday, July 10 at 8:30 a.m.
For More Information:
Lynsey Kryzwick: 917.683.4474
Family Values @ Work
Sadie Kliner: 202.986.2600
National Partnership for Women & Families
LEADER PELOSI TO BE HONORED BY NATIONWIDE COALITION FIGHTING FOR
PAID SICK DAYS, FAMILY LEAVE INSURANCE
Activists from 23 States and D.C. to Celebrate Local Wins, Call on Congress for
Federal Legislation
WASHINGTON, DC – More than two hundred small business owners, working parents, labor leaders,
women’s rights activists and other members of the diverse coalition fighting for family-friendly policy
advances like paid sick days and family leave insurance are convening in Washington, D.C., next week to
celebrate a record year of victories and plan for the year ahead. As Americans across the country are
focused on access to quality jobs and improving the economy, groups at the state and local level have been
able to win paid sick days for tens of thousands of workers in Connecticut, Seattle and Philadelphia as a
policy solution that helps business, families and communities. Energy behind these policies has been
growing with strong support from voters across the country and conversations about women and work
receiving national attention.
On Tuesday morning, the coalition will honor House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi for her leadership in
fighting for working women and men across the country. Also speaking will be Senator Tom Harkin, a
champion for working families, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and
Pensions, and lead Senate sponsor of the Healthy Families Act and the Rebuild America Act, each of which
would establish a federal paid sick days standard. The event kicks off a day of meetings with members of
Congress from both parties.
The groups will be speaking with their representatives about federal legislation for paid sick days (the
Healthy Families Act, H.R. 1876, S. 984), and family leave insurance as well as including a state paid leave
fund in next year’s budget. They will also deliver a petition signed by more than 46,000 voters who
support a national paid leave program. The Healthy Families Act would prevent 30 million Americans who
don’t have paid sick days from being forced to choose between their family’s health and their financial
security by establishing a national earned paid sick days standard. The State Paid Leave Fund is a proposed
grant program through the Department of Labor that would allow states to develop and implement family
leave insurance programs that workers could access following the birth of a child or to care for ailing family
members.
WHAT: Award Presentation to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Remarks by Senator Tom
Harkin
WHEN: Tuesday, July 10 at 8:30 a.m.
WHO:
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi
Senator Tom Harkin
Small business owners, workers, women’s rights activists and labor leaders from across
the country and leading advocates for women and families in Washington, D.C.
National Partnership for Women & Families and Family Values @ Work
WHERE: Hyatt Regency Hotel, Capitol Room
400 New Jersey Avenue, NW
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