News & Views
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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August 24, 2010
Paid Sick Days Legislation Makes Sense for All Businesses
Pathways PA’s CEO Carol Goertzel has a great op-ed in the Patriot-News today. Read the piece here: "Paid Sick Days Legislation Makes Sense for All…
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August 24, 2010
Imagine a World With Paid Sick Days
9to5 Executive Director Linda Meric has a great op-ed about paid sick days on the New Jersey Today website. Read her piece her, Imagine a…
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August 19, 2010
Need for Earned Sick Days Front and Center in Harrisburg This Week
On Tuesday, the Coalition for Healthy Families and Workplaces in Pennsylvania traveled to Harrisburg to shine a light on the need for earned sick time…
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August 2, 2010
Time to Make Family Leave Affordable
August 5th marks the 17th anniversary of the implementation of the Family and Medical Leave Act – when federal law for the first time acknowledged…
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July 30, 2010
Grocery workers’ sick deal
From the Seattle Times: Tasha West-Baker can make you a latte, slice your lunch meat or make you a cake at Safeway.And she could make…
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July 14, 2010
New Jersey’s Family Leave Insurance Program: The Sky Has Not Fallen
One year after New Jersey became the second state to offer paid family leave, the sky hasn’t fallen and businesses haven’t fled the state. Instead,…
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June 21, 2010
New Study Underscores Support, Need for Paid Sick Days
Ask Manuel Acevedo what it means not to have job-guaranteed paid sick days and he’ll tell you: it hurts individual health, it hurts the public,…
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June 3, 2010
Family leave insurance can help prime the pump for economic recovery
Via Washington Policy Watch Whether we're in a recession or economic boom, almost all employees have family obligations. From planning the birth of a new…
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June 3, 2010
Victory for New York Domestic Workers — and for All of Us
After six years of struggle by Domestic Workers United and their allies, the New York State Senate on June 1 passed the Domestic Workers Bill…
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