With your help, we can ensure that New Mexican workers no longer have to choose between their paychecks and their health.

HB 20, Healthy Workplaces Act, will likely be heard on the Senate floor TODAY.

About half of all workers in New Mexico lack paid sick leave. They have to either go to work sick or lose wages or risk losing their jobs to care for themselves or a loved one. HB 20 would ensure that employees accrue one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked. 

Please call or email your senator NOW and urge them to support paid sick leave! 

You could share a personal story about why you and other workers need paid time off when you are sick. You could also say or write something like this: “I urge the Senator to support HB 20 for paid sick leave. No one should have to choose between their health and their paycheck, but for the roughly half of all New Mexico workers who lack paid sick leave, this is the reality.”

The bill has already passed the House. Efforts to get the bill passed are now focussed on the Senate. You can find the senator who represents your district here: https://www.nmlegis.gov/members/find_my_legislator