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NEW LAW TO PROTECT CALIFORNIA’S PREGNANT WORKERS SIGNED
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 6, 2011
CONTACT:
Monali Sheth, Equal Rights Advocates, (415) 575 2387
Beth McGovern, California Commission on the Status of Women, (916) 651-5405
Vibhuti Mehra, California Work & Family Coalition, (510) 282-8986
Bobbie Sardo, Office of Senator Noreen Evans, (916) 651-4002
NEW LAW TO PROTECT CALIFORNIA’S PREGNANT WORKERS SIGNED
New common-sense law protects women from losing health care coverage
during pregnancy-disability leave
SAN FRANCISCO–California Governor Jerry Brown signed a new law today that benefits pregnant women, new mothers and their newborns by ensuring continued health care coverage for workers on pregnancy or childbirth-related leave. Senate Bill 299, sponsored by Senator Noreen Evans, requires employers to continue to provide health coverage for women on maternity leave, closing a gap in the law that put pregnant women and new mothers at risk of losing insurance coverage at the time they need it most.
Activists Work to Fight Real “Contagion”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, September 13, 2011
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Lynsey Kryzwick: 646.200.5311 lynsey@berlinrosen.com
ACTIVISTS WORK TO FIGHT REAL “CONTAGION”
New Online Video Highlights True Stories of Workers Forced to Go to Work Sick
Seattle Becomes Third City with Paid Sick Days, Vote in Philly this Week
NEW YORK–As the new blockbuster film Contagion, a thriller about a global flu pandemic, finishes its first weekend at the box office, activists from across the country are releasing an online video called Contagion: Not Just a Movie. The web film, produced by Family Values @ Work, shows the stories of five American workers who have been forced to go into work when they are sick because they weren’t allowed to take off or couldn’t afford going without pay. Working sick in restaurants, grocery stores, coffee shops and on the school bus, they worry about passing on their illness to co-workers, clients, customers and riders. These workers are some of the 44 million Americans without paid sick days who risk their families’ financial security or their jobs if they stay home when they are ill.
Seattle Approves Paid Sick Days Bill
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 12, 2011
CONTACT: Lynsey Kryzwick, Lynsey@BerlinRosen.com, 646.200.5311, 917.683.4474
SEATTLE APPROVES PAID SICK DAYS BILL
Third City to Implement Paid Sick Days as Momentum Builds Nationwide
National Release of Video Highlighting True Stories of Workers Forced to Go to Work Sick
SEATTLE – Building on the national momentum for paid sick days, a broad coalition in Seattle has successfully advocated for common-sense legislation that will help working families and the economy. Seattle City Council voted today to ensure that workers in the city earn paid sick days, putting the city in line to be the third in the country to ensure that workers are not forced to go into work when they are sick because they weren’t allowed to take off or couldn’t afford going without pay.
In The News
A million workers lacking paid sick days is a growing shame of the city
NY Daily News
Albor Ruiz
February 6, 2012
Another Barrier to Maternity Leave for Those Most in Need: Knowing About It
Ms. Magazine
Nanette Fondas
November 21, 2011
Most don’t know law permits paid time off to care for relatives
Los Angeles Times
Anna Gorman
November 21, 2011
Majority of First-Time U.S. Moms Now Get Paid Maternity Leave
Bloomberg Businessweek
Frank Bass
November 10, 2011
Exclusive: Seattle Law Advances Paid Sick Leave Campaign
Women’s Media Center
Nick Licata and Marilyn Watkins
September 29, 2011
Earned Sick Days and the Spread of Flu Epidemics
American Association of University Women
September 25, 2011
Fox “Straight News”: Paid Sick Leave Is An “Entitlement”
Media Matters in America
Kevin Zeiber
September 19, 2011