Press Releases
April 2, 2013
Lack of paid sick leave is unhealthy for America
Ian Rizzio was a 24-year-old mechanical engineering student in Portland, Oregon, managing a sandwich shop to pay his tuition. One day, he woke up sick,…
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April 1, 2013
Paid Sick Leave in San Francisco, Before and After the Fight to Pass It
Workers in many urban areas have recently tangled with unsupportive business leaders and politicians to enact PSLOs. Just last week in New York, a paid…
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March 29, 2013
New York’s Paid Sick Leave Bill May Serve As Model For U.S.
NEW YORK -- When Juana Alvarez's 14-year-old daughter contracted a blood infection five years ago, Alvarez took her daughter to the hospital, leaving her newborn…
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March 29, 2013
NYC deal gives juice to national paid sick leave campaign
New York City’s multi-year battle over paid sick leave may soon be at an end. On Thursday night, activists and city council members in America’s…
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March 29, 2013
Deal Reached to Force Paid Sick Leave in New York City
New York City is poised to mandate that thousands of companies provide paid time off for sick employees, bolstering a national movement that has been…
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March 29, 2013
Paid sick leave: The next liberal litmus test?
There’s a new must-support issue for ambitious Democrats across the nation: paid sick leave. And if you want to see how important it has become,…
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March 29, 2013
Paid sick leave: The next liberal litmus test?
Providing paid sick leave for workers is rapidly becoming a national Democratic priority. Oppose it at your peril There’s a new must-support issue for ambitious…
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March 29, 2013
NEW YORK CITY JOINS CITIES AND STATES WITH PAID SICK DAYS LAWS
One Million New Yorkers No Longer Forced to Choose between their Health and their Job Ellen Bravo, Executive Director of Family Values @ Work,…
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March 25, 2013
DEMOCRATIC LEADER NANCY PELOSI JOINS MASSACHUSETTS ELECTED LEADERS AND ADVOCATES TO CELEBRATE LANDMARK FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT
Healthy Families Act, Sponsored by Leader Pelosi, Would Establish National Sick Days Standard Calls for Earned Sick Time in Massachusetts Grow BOSTON—House Democratic Leader…
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March 22, 2013
Coughing Cooks Stay Home as U.S. Cities Require Paid Sick Leave
When Michael Cockrell, a cook and dishwasher in Philadelphia, was sick with the flu, he showed up for work anyway. When his 5-year-old son was…
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