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February 14, 2012
President’s Budget a Win for Paid Family Leave
Since 2002, California, New Jersey and Washington have passed programs to make family leave affordable. Plenty of states would like to join them, but they…
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February 13, 2012
Fighting Gender Inequality in the Restaurant Industry
Name a country where large numbers of women legally earn less than minimum wage and have to drag themselves to work sick or risk losing…
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February 8, 2012
FMLA 19 Years Later: Big Impact, Big Challenges
by Ellen Bravo Nineteen years ago, an American president signed into law a measure that acknowledged for the first time that having a family shouldn’t…
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February 6, 2012
A million workers lacking paid sick days is a growing shame of the city
NY Daily News By Albor Ruiz Sunday, February 5, 2012 Council bill would end choosing between staying home and being fired “It is Dickensian,”…
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January 31, 2012
“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 (CSSNY) has written a compelling…
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January 31, 2012
Business Leaders Make the Case for Paid Sick Days
Leaders in the small business community are increasingly voicing their support for paid sick days. A new brochure captures their voices making the case for…
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January 25, 2012
NYC Coalition Relaunches Paid Sick Days Campaign
by Martha Baker More than 100 people gathered on the steps of City Hall in New York January 18 to hear labor leaders, health providers,…
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January 23, 2012
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 progressive forces are already mobilizing…
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January 23, 2012
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 día de enfermedad para cuidar…
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January 23, 2012
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 when they or their child…
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