Coalition for Paid Sick Days Presents Case

by Beyond Chron (reposted)

Mon, Aug 7, 2006 7:11AM

Last week the Coalition for Paid Sick Days presented before the Board of Supervisors the case for San Francisco’s ailing workers. Today, the coalition, which consists of Young Workers United, the Chinese Progressive Association, SEIU-Committee of Interns and Residents, Center for Young Women’s Development, and Young Community Developers, continues to perfect the legislation that will go onto the November 2006 ballot. The proposal is expected to go through with the support of supervisors Peskin, Maxwell, Daly, Ammiano and Mirkarimi.

According to Dante Grant, member of Young Workers United and one of the legislation’s authors, the decision to make paid sick days a ballot measure was for the sake of “education”.

“It’s about educating the workers that do not have sick days and motivating people to get to the polls,” explained Grant, “if the people are not making the decisions they do not know about the issues that are affecting them.”

The legislation strives to alleviate the plight of over 100,000 private sector workers who lack the right to paid sick days. It mandates individuals who work at least thirty hours per week in exchange receive one hour of paid sick leave. Furthermore, it permits workers to essentially accumulate sick leave credits, allowing them to use their accrued hours at their discretion.

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