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“Still Sick in the City”: NYC Report Shows Urgency for Paid Sick Days
New York may be known for sex in the city, but Nancy Rankin at the Community Service Society of NY …
Business Leaders Make the Case for Paid Sick Days
A new brochure captures business owners’ experience of paid sick days as a way to keep down costs, retain workers and strength the economy.
NYC Coalition Relaunches Paid Sick Days Campaign
An expanded and re-energized coalition urged New York’s City Council to pass a revised paid sick days bill to help families in this tough economy.
The Next Big Progressive Fight
NY Observer-PolitickerNY
Colin Campbell
January 18, 2012
The dust has barely settled on the grand living wage compromise and …
El derecho a enfermarse / The Right to be Sick
El Diario
Editorial
January 19, 2012
Tres de cada cuatro hispanos de bajos ingresos no tienen derecho a tomar un …
New York City Workers Deserve Paid Sick Days
By Sherry Leiwant
WeNews commentator
Friday, January 20, 2012
One and a half million New Yorkers face a terrible dilemma …
9to5 Milwaukee Files Ethics Complaint Against Supreme Court Justice
Judge under fire for accepting free services from lawyers who fought paid sick days win – and failing to disclose the gift or recuse himself.
NY Labor Leader Calls Paid Sick Days a Human Right
George Gresham, President of 1199SEIU, asks why certain business and political leaders oppose a key measure to improve public health.
Cape Cod Senator’s Real-World Case for Paid Sick Days
State Sen. Dan Wolf says a simple, consistent paid sick leave policy is “both humane and smart.”
Connecticut Workers Welcome Paid Sick Days
As of January 1, hundreds of thousands of additional workers in Connecticut are earning paid sick days.