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November 12, 2012
Football and Family
By Ellen Bravo I’m a die-hard Packers fan, but I have to hand it to Bears cornerback Charles Tillman, who was determined to be with…
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November 9, 2012
Long Beach Hotel Workers Win Living Wages, Paid Sick Days
Two thousand workers who clean the rooms and serve the food at hotels in Long Beach, California had special cause for celebration election night. They…
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November 2, 2012
Protesters Greet NFIB Bus Tour in Orlando
When the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) rolled into Orlando with its “I Built My Business” bus tour, they ran into some unexpected company…
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November 1, 2012
Earning Paid Sick Days Promotes Equity
Communities need paid sick days to keep people healthy, to help workers stay employed, to boost the economy. But as a Halloween rally in Portland…
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October 24, 2012
Times Are Tough for Low-Wage Workers
For many workers, basics such as fair pay and sick time can be elusive, and many are beginning to speak up. Ashley Maddox boards a…
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October 22, 2012
Workers seek right to use sick days for loved ones
To this day, Carolyn Pinkston says Aug. 16, 2009, was the worse day of her life. Early that morning, the 59-year-old single mother found herself…
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October 18, 2012
Proposed Miami-Dade Ordinance Would Require Sick Leave for Employees
A proposed Dade ordinance would allow all employees to earn paid sick time, a benefit 45 percent of local workers and 88 percent of restaurant…
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October 17, 2012
Miami Community Leaders Call for Earned Sick Time
With the support of more than 40 community organizations, the Miami-Dade Coalition for Healthy Families and Workplaces today kicked off its campaign to guarantee that…
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October 17, 2012
COMMUNITY LEADERS CALL FOR EARNED SICK TIME IN MIAMI-DADE
Earned Sick Time Strengthens Economic Security for Working Families, Saves Businesses Money, Boosts Economic Recovery MIAMI, FL—Building off the national momentum for family-friendly economic policies…
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October 11, 2012
Activists sick of working while sick
Christine Stancliff, a longtime janitor at Portland International Airport, called in sick last January when she thought she had a stomach flu, but her boss…
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