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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 she’s a daredevil,…
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July 31, 2012
Celebrating our Movement: National Summit on Paid Sick Days and Paid Family Leave
by Ellen Bravo “Inspired.” “Energized.” “Proud.” “Honored.” These were the comments we heard from the more than 200 activists from around the country who gathered…
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July 27, 2012
Paid Sick Days in New York: A Burning Issue
by Martha Baker Record high temperatures and a blistering sun were no deterrent to hundreds of New York women as we gathered on the steps…
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June 26, 2012
“Having it All?”—The Wrong Question for Most Women
By Ellen Bravo | June 26, 2012 As it has done at least once a decade for the past 40 years, the media seems intent…
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June 20, 2012
End Unchecked Use of ‘Job Killer’ Allegations
The right wing relies on an old method of deception: repeat something often enough and people will begin to accept it as fact. And when…
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June 15, 2012
How to Honor Our Fathers
By Karen S. White The media talks a lot about women as the traditional family caregiver. But as we look forward to Father’s Day celebrations,…
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June 12, 2012
Who Cares For – and About – Sick Kids?
by Ellen Bravo Note to all legislators and other decision-makers: If you care about children, you must pay attention to what is happening to their…
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June 4, 2012
Get a Glimpse Behind the Kitchen Door
Cage-free chicken grilled by a sneezing chef. Organic salad brought to you by a coughing server. Are we really eating healthier when we don't know what…
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June 1, 2012
Tell Walmart to Stop Firing Workers for Being Sick!
Today Walmart is celebrating their fiftieth anniversary at their shareholders meeting in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Not everyone will be joining the party. Angela Williamson was recently…
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May 30, 2012
Protest rally at Falmouth Dunkin’ Donuts Friday at 9
Rally tomorrow at Dunkin' Donuts in Falmouth in support of earned sick time 39 locations on Cape Cod alone, Occupy Cape Cod, others join protest…
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