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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 – and…
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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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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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May 23, 2012
Who Speaks for Small Business? Not NFIB
The National Federation of Independent Businesses loves to wrap itself in the flag of neighborhood Mom and Pop shops when it lobbies on Capitol Hill,…
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May 14, 2012
A Mother’s Story Makes a Difference on Capitol Hill
By Wendy Chun-Hoon, DC Director, Family Values @ Work To recognize Mother’s Day, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions held a…
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April 14, 2012
Women at Work, Melissa Harris Perry
April 14, 2012 Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
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April 13, 2012
Stop the War on Mothers
By Ellen Bravo I love the image of conservatives hiding behind the flag of motherhood to protect themselves against charges of gender insensitivity. It’s like…
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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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March 22, 2012
Boston Globe
Mass. Lawmakers Should Pass Sick-Leave Bill Yvonne Abraham March 22, 2012 Imagine this: You wake up with the flu and you feel awful. Or…
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March 13, 2012
Still fighting for justice on International Women’s Day
McClatchy Washington Bureau Ellen Bravo March 7, 2012 More than a century ago, thousands of women walked out of garment shops - then one of…
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