It’s been 120 years since Congress declared Labor Day a nationwide holiday.

Back then, in 1894, many workers faced extremely long hours and low pay, leaving them with empty pockets and precious little time to spend with their families. Workers took to the streets, holding strikes and rallies for higher wages and a shorter work day.

While workers have won many historic fights for better wages and working conditions since then, unfair scheduling practices are threatening workers’ ability to make a living once again. Today, instead of very long hours, all too often workers in low-wage jobs cannot get enough hours to make ends meet. And many have very little say in when they work, getting their schedules as little as one or two days in advance of the workweek. Difficult scheduling practices hit women especially hard, because women make up two-thirds of workers in low-wage jobs, where these schedules are most common, and still shoulder the lion’s share of caregiving responsibilities. It’s up to all of us to fight for fairness.

Urge your lawmakers to pass the Schedules That Work Act.

The Schedules That Work Act would give workers a say in their schedules, and would provide those working in industries with the most abusive scheduling practices two weeks’ advance notice of their schedules, and some minimum level of pay if they are sent home early after showing up for their shift. These modest measures would vastly improve the quality of life for millions of women and their families.

It’s been almost two months since the bill was introduced in Congress, and while support for it is growing, we still have a long way to go to ensure the Schedules That Work Act becomes law. That’s why we need your help.

Celebrate America’s Workers This Labor Day Urge your Members of Congress to sign on to the Schedules That Work Act. Act Now

Send a note to your Members of Congress to say you believe in schedules that work. Our country’s working families are depending on it.

Thank you for everything you do for women and their families.

Sincerely, Liz Watson Senior Counsel and Director of Workplace Justice for Women National Women’s Law Center

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