Illinois
Women Employed leads the Illinois Paid Leave Coalition. The Coalition includes dozens of advocacy groups from across the state working to raise public awareness about the need for paid sick days and communicating with legislators about the need for the proposed Healthy Workplace Act; a bill to establish paid sick days as a new workplace standard in Illinois.
The Healthy Workplace Act has been introduced in both the House and Senate. The Illinois Paid Leave Coalition continues to build support among organizations and small businesses to carry our message to key legislators, including reaching out to Women Employed’s 3,000 Action Network members.
Contact
Melissa Josephs
Women Employed
65 E. Wacker Place, Suite 1500
Chicago, IL 60601
312-782-3902 X234
mjosephs@womenemployed.org
Partners
AARP Illinois
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago
Action for Children
Action Now
Adler School of Professional Psychology
AFL-CIO IL
AFSCME Council 31
AIDS Foundation of Chicago
AIDS Legal Council of Chicago
Arise Chicago
Center for Tax and Budget Accountability
Chicago Foundation for Women
Chicago Jobs Council
Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Chicago National Organization for Women
Chicago Urban League
Chicago Women AIDS Project
Chicago Women in Trades
Citizen Action/Illinois
DuPage Area Older Women's League
Equip for Equality
Federation of College Clerical and Technical Personnel, Local 1708
Heartland Alliance
Health and Medicine Policy Research Group
IBEW Local 21
Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans
Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health
Illinois Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics
Illinois Federation of Teachers
Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition
Illinois National Organization for Women
Illinois Nurses Association
Illinois Public Health Association
Local 881 UFCW
National Council of Jewish Women -- IL State Public Affairs Network
National Employment Lawyers Association-IL
National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Greater Illinois Chapter
North/Northwest Suburban National Organization for Women
ParentsWork
Planned Parenthood of Illinois
POWER-PAC (Parents Organized to Win, Educate and Renew -- Policy Action Council)
Project IRENE
Protestants for the Common Good
Quad County Urban League
Restaurant Opportunities Center (ROC) Chicago
Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
SEIU Illinois Council
SEIU Healthcare
SEIU Local 1
UE Western Region
UNITE HERE Local 1
UNITE HERE Local 450
Voices for Illinois Children
Women Employed
Women's Bar Association of Illinois
Younger Women's Task Force Chicago Chapter
YWCA Alton
YWCA Aurora
YWCA Canton
YWCA Decatur
YWCA Elgin
YWCA Evanston/North Shore
YWCA Kankakee
YWCA Lake County
YWCA McLean County
YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago
YWCA Pekin
YWCA Peoria
YWCA Quincy
YWCA Rockford
YWCA Sauk Valley
YWCA Springfield
YWCA University of Illinois