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Urgent Action Alert
for Family Leave Insurance
The Family
Leave Insurance legislation S786 and A2080 is moving rapidly
(last session #S2249/A3812). The bill stands a chance of being
passed by March 17th. It's time for us to get busy again.
Please
contact the following targeted legislators listed below by
telephone, faxed letters, (do not mail letters.
Legislators do not open them) or email. Tell them to
support the Family Leave Legislation bill.
Find out
more about NJ Family Leave Insurance and why its good for NJ
women and their families on our
Family Leave info
page.
We are
also looking for business owners who favor this bill to testify
at our next hearing. If you know of anyone please tell
them to contact NOW-NJ president Maretta Short at
president@nownj.org or
a representative at our Mothers and Caregivers Economic Justice
Task Force at
nownj_mcertf@yahoo.com.
Listed
below is contact info for targeted legislators in upcoming
Family Leave Insurance hearings and votes:
To see
what towns these legislators represent
click through here, which
will tell you what towns are in each district. If you need the
legislators mailing address, visit that same website and click
on the district number that they represent and it should list
all the legislators from that district with their mailing
address.
Sample
of Letter to Legislators:
Dear
________________,
No worker
should have to choose between caring for a loved one and paying
their bills!
This is
why I support S786/A2080, currently before our state
legislature; when enacted this will create a 100% worker-funded
Family Leave Insurance program. Family Leave Insurance is
an affordable and necessary program that should provide ALL
workers in NJ with the ability to receive partial wage
replacement to care for a seriously-ill family member or to bond
with a newborn or newly adopted child.
I urge you
to show your support New Jersey's working families, seniors,
children and caregivers by co-sponsoring Family Leave Insurance
Legislation (S786/A2080) and by opposing any attempt to exempt
small business employees from this long overdue program.
Sincerely,
[Include
Name, Address, Contact Info]
List of
Target NJ Legislators who will be voting on Family Leave
Insurance bill S786 and A2080 They need to hear from you!
Assembly
Labor Committee (scheduled to meet February 28,
2008 @
10am)
Assemblyman Neil Cohen (D-20)
Phone: (908)-624-0880
Fax: 908-624-0587
Email:
asmcohen@njleg.
org
Assemblywoman Elease Evans (D-35) -
Phone: (973)-247-1521
Fax: No fax available
Email:
aswevans@njleg.
org
Assembly
Appropriations Committee (scheduled to meet March 3rd
@ 2pm)
Assemblyman Ruben Ramos (D-33)
Phone: (201)-714-4960
Fax: no fax available
Email:
asmramos@njleg.
org
Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-15)
Phone: 609-292-0500
Fax: 609-633-2179
Email:
asmgusciora@ njleg.org
Assemblyman Louis Greenwald (D-6)
Phone: 856-435-1247
Fax: 856-435-3849
email:
asmgreenwald@ njleg.org
Assemblyman John Wisniewski (D-19)
Phone: 732-316-1885
Fax: 732-316-1890
email:
asmwisniewski@njleg.org
Assemblywoman Dawn Marie Addiego (R-8)
Phone: 856-234-8080
Fax: 856-234-3990
email:
aswaddiego@njleg.
org
Senate
Targets (Senate Floor Vote Can Occur on March 3rd
or March 17th):
Senator Jeff Van Drew (D-1)
Phone: 609-465-0700 (Cape May Office)
Fax: 609-465-4578
email:
senvandrew@njleg.
org
Senator Phillip Haines (R-8)
Phone: 856-234-8080
Fax: 856-234-3990
email: senhaines@njleg.org
Senator Bill Baroni (R-14)
Phone: (609)-631-9988
Fax: (609)-631-0324
email:
senbaroni@njleg.
org
Senator Robert Singer (R-30)
Phone: (732)-901-0702
Fax: (732)-901-0587
email:
sensinger@njleg.
org
Senator Nia Gill (D-34)
Phone: (973)-509-0388
Fax: (973)-509-9241
email:
sengill@njleg.
org
Senator Paul Sarlo (D-36)
Phone: (201)-804-8118
Fax: (201)-804-8644
email:
sensarlo@njleg.
org
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