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A living wage. Paid sick days. Paid family and medical leave.

These policies represent the essential foundation of what working people need to provide for themselves and their families.

The efforts of hardworking people keep North Carolina’s economy going –we deserve family-friendly workplace policies that help all families thrive while still building a strong economy!

Yet here in North Carolina workers have been stuck with a minimum wage of $7.25 an hour and a $2.13 tipped hourly wage since 2008!

In our state, working people aren’t guaranteed the right to earn a single paid sick day – even in the face of a global pandemic! As a result, 1.5 million working North Carolinians have ZERO paid sick days for themselves or a sick family member to recover, to go to the doctor, or to seek help if they are the victim of domestic violence sexual assault, or stalking.

And, while almost all working people will need to take leave at some point in their lives to recover from a health crisis, welcome a new child, or care for a seriously ill or dying loved one, only 1 in 5 working North Carolinians is able to take leave to recover or provide care without losing the paycheck they need.

This is unacceptable!

Today moms, kids, and our allies from the NC Families Care and Raising Wages NC coalitions are at the NC General Assembly speaking out for paid leave, paid sick days, and raising the minimum and tipped wages. Back us up with a quick email right now!

As your constituent, I’m writing to you today to urge you to support family-friendly workplace policies that allow our state’s working people to be good family members and good employees. Right now a minimum wage worker in our state can’t earn enough working full-time to support their families. The minimum wage has stayed at $7.25/ hr (or $2.13/hr for tipped workers) since 2008 in spite of inflation. Yet the 2025 Living Income Standard tells us that a NC household with one adult and one child needs to earn a minimum of $36.30/ hr to make ends meet. At the same time, 1.5 million working North Carolinians don’t have the ability to earn any paid sick days for themselves or a close family member to recover from a short-term illness, seek preventative care, or seek help if they are a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. And nearly 4 in 5 working North Carolinians are unable to take any paid leave for the birth or adoption of a new child, to recover from their own serious illness, or to care for a seriously ill or dying loved one. Despite their hard work, families are finding themselves in impossible situations because our workplace policies don’t reflect the realities of today’s families. That’s why I’m urging you to support: → NC Paid Family Leave Insurance Act: This bill establishes a paid family and medical leave insurance program for working North Carolinians. If passed, this policy would allow working North Carolinians to access paid time off to welcome the birth or adoption of a new child, recover from major illness or injury, or care for a seriously ill loved one. → Healthy Families & Workplaces/Paid Sick Days Act: This bill allows NC workers to accrue paid sick time as they work; up to four days a year for employees of small businesses and up to seven days annually for those working for large companies. → Fair Minimum Wage Act (H353) and the Economic Security Act of 2025 (H339/S326): Both propose raising the minimum wage and would provide a much needed boost to households facing rising inflation and housing costs and strengthen NC’s economy. The efforts of hardworking people keep North Carolina’s economy going – we deserve family-friendly workplace policies that help all families thrive! I hope I can count on your support for these bills. Sincerely,

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