Month: March 2012
March 30, 2012
CAPITAL GRILLE WORKERS AND CUSTOMERS RALLY FOR PAID SICK DAYS
Advocates Call on Parent Company Darden to Protect Public and Employee Health with Paid Sick Days for Workers For immediate release For more information, contact: Joe Dinkin…
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March 30, 2012
Protesters Outside Capital Grille On 42nd Street Fight For Paid Sick Leave
March 28, 2012 NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - The Capital Grille is finding itself in hot water over unpaid sick leave, and many took out their…
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March 30, 2012
Businesses split on paid sick days bill
March 27, 2012 BOSTON, Mass. (WWLP) - Workers advocates are urging Massachusetts lawmakers to advance legislation that would give employees up to seven earned sick…
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March 30, 2012
Mass. residents rally for seven paid sick days per year
Chanting “sick time now,” supporters of sick paid leave rallied on the steps of the Massachusetts State House on Tuesday in support of a bill…
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March 30, 2012
Employers, economists push for paid sick leave
March 27, 2012 Employers, workers, and economists rallied and lobbied at the State House in support of legislation that would offer sick leave to the…
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March 30, 2012
Now is the Time for Rebuild America Act
Family Values @ Work enthusiastically supports the Rebuild America Act introduced by Senator Tom Harkin. This legislation understands that our nation’s future depends on a…
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March 27, 2012
Leading Economists Support Paid Sick Days
March 27, 2012 Honorable Members of the General Court State House Boston, MA 02133 Dear Members of the General Court, In these tough economic…
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March 27, 2012
LEADING ECONOMISTS PLEDGE SUPPORT SUPPORT AS RALLY AT STATEHOUSE URGES ACTION FOR EARNED SICK DAYS
BOSTON – Over 45 Massachusetts economists today announced their support for earned sick time legislation as dozens of supporters rally at the statehouse urging action…
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March 23, 2012
“It’s Really Moving!”
Ellen Bravo, Family Values @ Work Executive Director, recently spoke at the annual meeting of the Massachusetts chapter of the National Association of Social…
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March 23, 2012
Celebrate Second Anniversary of Affordable Care Act
Experts like to talk about cost-benefit analyses. Badly needed reforms to inefficient systems may seem to cost money, but often the benefits from that change…
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