Sign PCCC's Petition on Paid Sick Days in NYC

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A message from Ethan Jacovy and Tyler Ross, PCCC organizers and New York residents:

(PCCC is the Progressive Change Campaign Committee)

More than a million New Yorkers can't take a sick day when they get ill. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has the power to change that.

A super-majority of the City Council supports granting paid sick days for workers -- a progressive, pro-worker policy. All Speaker Quinn has to do is schedule a vote. But so far, she's refused.

Can you sign our joint petition with the New York Working Families Party telling Speaker Quinn to schedule a vote for paid sick days? Click here.

The New York Times strongly endorsed paid sick days this weekend -- describing that many workers "have to work when ill or take unpaid sick days, which can lead to financial hardship, or, worse, dismissal."

Speaker Quinn says she opposes this policy because it will hurt business. But similar laws in others cities show that's not true. The truth is that many big corporations just don't want to do right by their workers. (Rupert Murdoch opposed paid sick days via Twitter this weekend.)

Calling a vote on paid sick leave is the right thing to do. It's the progressive thing to do. And it would be a strong show of leadership by Christine Quinn.

Sign the petition calling on Speaker Quinn to call a vote on paid sick leave. Click here -- and pass it on.

We'll deliver the petition with our friends at the Working Families Party and other local allies.

Thanks for being a bold progressive.

-- Ethan Jacovy and Tyler Ross, PCCC organizers and New York residents