It’s Time to Care About Earned Paid Sick Leave & Raising the Minimum Wage In Michigan
By MUUSJN on Monday, April 12th, 2021
We invite you to sign, as an individual or as an organization, a letter to Attorney General Dana Nessel. Please let Nomi Joyrich (nomijoyrich@gmail.com or 248-497-1226) know if you are willing to be a “featured signer.” If so, then send her your photo/name/title and/or your organizational logo. Feel free to pass this on to other people/groups who might be interested. It would be very helpful if you shared this message with your organization, your faith leaders and their social action committee.
The deadline for signing is April 21st
The Week of Action: April 19 – 23rd
We hope you can join us for some of our Week of Action events, especially when we deliver this letter to AG Nessel on Thursday, April 22nd. See below for a more formal “ask” from the MI Time to Care Coalition and for the links to the SIGN ON LETTER and the WEEK OF ACTION SCHEDULE AND REGISTRATION LINKS
Click for Sign On Letter: https://rocunited.org/michigan/time-to-care/organization/
Week of Action schedule and registration linksWeek of Action Resource Folder
(Week of Action schedule and registration links included)
Dear Paid Leave Ally,
Please sign your name or your organization onto the letter linked above to guarantee the right to earn paid sick time and a minimum wage increase for all Michigan workers. Attorney General Dana Nessel has the authority to right a wrong committed in 2018, which robbed Michigan workers of the ability to earn paid sick time immediately before a global pandemic.
Attempting to subvert the democratic process and prevent voters from approving PA-337 (MOFW) and PA-338 (MI Time To Care) in the 2018 general election, Michigan Republicans adopted these ballot measures into law before they could be approved by voters. Wildly popular, these bills were polling at 70% voter approval.
Republicans adopted these laws and then proceeded to gut them during their lame duck session. Under Article 2, Section 9 of the Michigan Constitution, the legislature may not adopt and amend ballot measures in the same legislative cycle. Their actions were an assault on workers and an attack on democracy. The blatant voter suppression being experienced in Georgia is nothing new to Michigan.
Michigan families and workers deserve paid sick leave and a minimum wage increase to at least $12/hr. Over 4 million new people entered poverty over the last year and over 95% of all U.S. counties can’t afford a one-bedroom rental on minimum wage.
Justice delayed is justice denied, and Attorney General Dana Nessel holds the power to deliver it for Michigan workers and mamas. Please join us in calling on Attorney General Nessel to take action.
In Solidarity,The MI Time To Care Coalition
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