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Tell the Legislature, NJ Needs Family Leave Insurance, NOW
Join the Hudson County Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO in our support for Paid Family Leave Insurance Legislation (A873/S786). The bill has been posted for a vote in the Assembly Labor Committee on Thursday, February 28.
With the strong support from New Jersey's Working Families, we can make Paid Family Leave Insurance a reality for all workers in our state. NJ's Business Lobby is waging an all out attack to defeat this bill. Tell your legislators that the business lobby doesn't speak for you. You vote and you want Paid Family Leave Insurance!
Please take a moment right now and send a letter to your state representatives that you support this bill and respectfully ask for their support. With grassroots action from members like you, we will succeed in advancing this pro-family legislation.
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Subject: NJ Needs Family Leave Insurance, NOW!
Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,
I hope you will agree that workers should not have to choose between their jobs and their ability to spend the first critical weeks of a child's life, or between a paycheck and a desire to care for a seriously ill family member.
That is why I am joining the Hudson County Central Labor Council, the New Jersey State AFL-CIO, the New Jersey Partnership for Working Families and workers throughout our state in calling for the state to support Family Leave Insurance legislation (S-786 / A-873). Your support of this initiative will give workers the opportunity to take up to 6 weeks off at two-thirds of their pay up to approximately $524 a week to care for a seriously ill family member, newborn or newly adopted child. Additionally, this expansion of the State's current Temporary Disability Insurance program will be entirely funded by a minimal employee contribution of approximately $33 a year, with no cost to employers.
The bill has been posted for a vote in the Assembly Labor Committee for Thursday, February 28, 2008 and I respectfully ask for your support of this pro-family legislation at that time. On behalf of myself and my family, I look forward to hearing from you on this important matter.
Sincerely,
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Campaign Launched:
February 26, 2008
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