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November 2, 2011

Corporate Lobbyists Block Paid Sick Days for Denver Workers

Denver ballot Initiative 300, which would have ensured more than 107,000 restaurant, healthcare, daycare and other employees were able to earn paid sick days, has…
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November 1, 2011

Denver Initiative 300: A view from the field

By Wendy Chun-Hoon, Family Values @ Work’s D.C. Director Today Denver voters have the chance to make history by ensuring that 107,000 more workers will…
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October 13, 2011

Philadelphia City Council Approves Paid Sick Days

The Philadelphia city council voted 15-2 in favor of an amended living wage policy that will now require businesses that have contracts with or receive…
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October 6, 2011

NEW LAW TO PROTECT CALIFORNIA’S PREGNANT WORKERS SIGNED

New common-sense law protects women from losing health care coverage during pregnancy-disability leave   SAN FRANCISCO–California Governor Jerry Brown signed a new law today that…
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September 13, 2011

ACTIVISTS WORK TO FIGHT REAL “CONTAGION”

New Online Video Highlights True Stories of Workers Forced to Go to Work Sick   Seattle Becomes Third City with Paid Sick Days, Vote in…
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September 12, 2011

Seattle wins paid sick days

SEATTLE | With an 8-1 vote, the Seattle City Council passed a landmark ordinance to ensure workers in all but the city's smallest businesses can…
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September 12, 2011

SEATTLE APPROVES PAID SICK DAYS BILL

Third City to Implement Paid Sick Days as Momentum Builds Nationwide National Release of Video Highlighting True Stories of Workers Forced to Go to Work…
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September 5, 2011

Hepatitis Scare Highlights Need for Paid Sick Days

The Labor Day edition of the Fayetteville (North Carolina) Observer included this great op-ed by Louisa Warren, a policy advocate with the NC Justice Center…
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August 25, 2011

Paid Sick Days Will Cut High Cost of Health Care

Concerned about the high cost of health care? A forthcoming report by the Institute for Women’s Policy Studies finds one cost-cutter: paid sick days. Researchers…
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August 25, 2011

Justice According to Jack Welch

The Women's Media Center published a blog by Family Values @ Work's executive director, Ellen Bravo, today. It's being cross-posted as part of a Women's Equality Day…
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