Dear John,

Congress has finally passed legislation to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic — but far too many working people were left out of the final bill that was signed by President Trump.

Right now, women are the majority of those working on the front lines of this crisis — in hospitals, at grocery stores and big retail chains, and as child care providers around the country — yet under this new legislation, most of them have no guarantee of paid sick days or longer term paid leave to care for family members or recover from illness themselves. For these working women, there is no social distancing. There’s no day off. There’s no calling in sick without losing a paycheck. Unless we act.

This is a historic moment — and a chance for Congress to finally prioritize the needs of working families, specifically women and people of color, who are the ones doing the jobs that we all are depending on, yet are paid the least and are most at risk in the current crisis.

Congress must ensure that employers aren’t given a pass on providing what working people need to weather this crisis—paid time off for when they’re sick or need to take care of their families. Email your representatives in Congress now and demand that the next COVID-19 relief package includes the newly introduced PAID Leave Act and provides emergency paid sick days and paid leave for ALL.

Join us in demanding that Congress pass a COVID-19 relief package that:

• Incorporates the PAID Leave Act and provides paid sick days and paid leave for all working families.
• Provide $50 billion in child care funding so that providers and educators continue to receive pay and cover their operational costs, ensure care is available for front-line workers, and families do not have to pay unaffordable sums for care.
• Strengthens unemployment protections for the long haul.
• Immediately provides a substantial amount of cash to struggling families to help them make ends meet and boost the economy.
• Protects people experiencing homelessness, and ensures that people do not lose their housing.

Unless Congress acts now, this public health crisis will only exacerbate inequality along gender, racial, and economic lines, because women — and especially women of color — are particularly vulnerable to devastating health and economic effects from a crisis of this magnitude.

Tell Congress to protect ALL working families.

We are thinking of you and your family during this extraordinarily hard time — and we’ll keep fighting for all families in this country, no matter what.

Sincerely,