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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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January 10, 2012
9to5 Milwaukee Files Ethics Complaint Against Supreme Court Justice
The group that led the fight for paid sick days in Milwaukee has filed an ethics charge against a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice, after learning…
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January 6, 2012
NY Labor Leader Calls Paid Sick Days a Human Right
This article by George Gresham, President, 1199SEIU, appeared today in the New York Amsterdam News: Late last year, our billionaire mayor, Michael Bloomberg, summoned the…
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January 4, 2012
Cape Cod Senator’s Real-World Case for Paid Sick Days
Dan Wolf is a small business owner, a legislative leader in Massachusetts, and a believer in paid sick days. In an op ed in the…
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November 21, 2011
Another Barrier to Maternity Leave for Those Most in Need: Knowing About It
Ms. Magazine Nanette Fondas November 18, 2011 On Wednesday a new poll [PDF] was released that shows that people who are most likely to need…
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