Press Releases
November 8, 2010
Katie Couric speaks out for paid sick days
Katie Couric took a stand for paid sick days on the CBS nightly news on Friday. Citing a recent report from Restaurant Opportunities Centers United,…
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November 1, 2010
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October 22, 2010
Dallas Forum and New Reports Make the Case for Workplace Flexibility
On Wednesday, over 200 business owners, employees, researchers and advocates gathered in Dallas for the first in a series of events on workplace flexibility sponsored…
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October 19, 2010
Dallas Workers Speak: The Employee Case for Workplace Flexibility
Today the U.S. Department of Labor will be in Dallas to host the first of a series of “National Dialogues on Workplace Flexibility.” Already, President…
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October 15, 2010
FVAW Statement on Christine Quinn’s Blocking Paid Sick Days in New York
"The grassroots activists who make up Family Values @ Work were stunned to learn that New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is single-handedly blocking…
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October 4, 2010
Sick Days for All Workers
New coalition aims for a healthier Seattle through paid sick days for all workers By Alex Stone It should be as fundamental a standard as…
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September 30, 2010
San Francisco Experience Makes the Case for Paid Sick Days
The Drum Major Institute for Public Policy has released a new report showing that San Francisco’s paid sick days ordinance has not had a negative…
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September 20, 2010
Paid Sick Days Video shown on Pennsylvania Cable Network
On September 12, Pennsylvania Cable Network (the state version of C-SPAN) aired a half-hour report on various legislation being sponsored by House Democrats, including paid…
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September 7, 2010
More Than a Proclamation from the Secretary of Labor
It’s great to have one day a year set aside to honor workers. But even better is to have a Secretary of Labor who honors…
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August 27, 2010
Maine Women’s Lobby launches “She Decides” campaign
Maine Women’s Lobby, the lead organization in the state’s grassroots effort for paid sick days, launched a new civic engagement campaign this week called “She…
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