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October 5, 2012
Speaker Quinn: Listen to the Children
Who are the best people to deliver 50,000 signatures on a petition about paid sick days to City Hall? Kids, of course. Babies in strollers,โฆ
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September 26, 2012
New Website Exposes NFIB as N-FIB
Activists across the country working to advance earned time laws are all-too-familiar with the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and its dishonest tactics toโฆ
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September 18, 2012
Decision for Darden: Bad Working Conditions are Unsustainable
Can a restaurant claim to value sustainability while maintaining unsustainable conditions for its workers? Today the Restaurant Opportunities Centers (ROC) United answered a resounding, โNo.โโฆ
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September 13, 2012
Fight Voter Suppression in Orlando
by Ellen Bravo This is what democracy does NOT look like: Hundreds of community activists, faith leaders, business owners and others in Orange County, Florida,โฆ
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September 4, 2012
10 Ways to Win Womenโs Votes
As candidates across the country try to appeal to women voters, Family Values @ Work is offering this guide on how to win women's support:
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September 4, 2012
Seattle Celebrates Start of Earned Sick Days
by Lynne Dodson and Diane Zahn A year ago, when you went to a local Seattle restaurant, grocery store or even health clinic, there wasโฆ
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August 17, 2012
Hereโs a Tip for Restaurant Week, D.C.: Paid Sick Days Mean Healthy Workers, Healthy Businesses and a Healthy District.
by Wendy Chun-Hoon AhhโฆRestaurant Week in D.C. Iโve been dying to try this place! Upscale. Always packed. Good food, good wine, and...ah, ah, aaaaa-chooooo! Unfortunately,โฆ
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August 16, 2012
New Government Figures Confirm Huge Gaps in Access to Paid Leave
New figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show how serious the lack of earned sick time is for workers in this country โ andโฆ
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August 8, 2012
Working While Sick: ROC-Miami Report Shows Dangerous Mix of Low Wages and No Paid Sick Days
Erica Sommer, a bartender in Miami, Florida, worked three days with highly-contagious typhoid fever and a temperature of 103.7 degrees not because sheโs a daredevil,โฆ
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July 31, 2012
Celebrating our Movement: National Summit on Paid Sick Days and Paid Family Leave
by Ellen Bravo โInspired.โ โEnergized.โ โProud.โ โHonored.โ These were the comments we heard from the more than 200 activists from around the country who gatheredโฆ
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