The common cold. 
Chicken pox. 
The stomach flu.

Besides making you sick and risking your health, these illnesses have something else in common: they could make you lose your job.

In Philadelphia, over 200,000 workers have no access to earned sick days when they or their family members come down with an illness.  Whether a child is running a fever or a waitress has been hit by a truck door on her way to work, the choice for these employees is the same: to either put someone's health at risk or to jeopardize their own economic security.

But there is a solution.  Cities across the country have passed bills ensuring that all workers have the ability to earn sick days on the job. Giving access to earned sick days:

• saves cities money in lower health and emergency room costs
• saves businesses money through higher productivity and lower turnover
• saves the financial security of workers who otherwise had to risk their jobs to do the right thing for their families.
  

Where do you come in? Sign this petition in support of earned sick days legislation in Philadelphia.  Then, visit earnedsickdaysphilly.com to learn how you can take a stand for earned sick days that are fair to everyone.