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Eucharia Madueke, SNDdeN and Healthy Families Bill

The picture below was taken on Thursday, 30th July with Ron Wyden, the Oregon senator. With many Hill visits to him and some others, he co-sponsored the Healthy Families Act Bill on Thursday and invited us to take picture with him. Healthy Families Act gives over 40 million American workers access to paid sick day leave to care for their health or the health of family members, thus freeing them from facing the impossible choice of caring for their health or keeping their paycheck or job. The bill would give workers access to earn paid sick day and paid sick time to care for a sick child or family member. For the coalition's effort, since March, we have been able to secure 29 senators and 122 representatives as co-sponsors of the bill. Hopefully, the bill which came to the floor in 2013, but did not have enough support, will be re-introduced soon with stronger support.
The picture below was taken on Thursday, 30th July with Ron Wyden, the Oregon senator. With many Hill visits to him and some others, he co-sponsored the Healthy Families Act Bill on Thursday and invited us to take picture with him. Healthy Families Act gives over 40 million American workers access to paid sick day leave to care for their health or the health of family members, thus freeing them from facing the impossible choice of caring for their health or keeping their paycheck or job. The bill would give workers access to earn paid sick day and paid sick time to care for a sick child or family member. For the coalition’s effort, since March, we have been able to secure 29 senators and 122 representatives as co-sponsors of the bill. Hopefully, the bill which came to the floor in 2013, but did not have enough support, will be re-introduced soon with stronger support.