News & Views
January 23, 2012
The Next Big Progressive Fight
NY Observer-PolitickerNY Colin Campbell January 18, 2012 The dust has barely settled on the grand living wage compromise and progressive forces are already mobilizing…
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January 23, 2012
El derecho a enfermarse / The Right to be Sick
El Diario Editorial January 19, 2012 Tres de cada cuatro hispanos de bajos ingresos no tienen derecho a tomar un día de enfermedad para cuidar…
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January 23, 2012
New York City Workers Deserve Paid Sick Days
By Sherry Leiwant WeNews commentator Friday, January 20, 2012 One and a half million New Yorkers face a terrible dilemma when they or their child…
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January 10, 2012
9to5 Milwaukee Files Ethics Complaint Against Supreme Court Justice
The group that led the fight for paid sick days in Milwaukee has filed an ethics charge against a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice, after learning…
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January 6, 2012
NY Labor Leader Calls Paid Sick Days a Human Right
This article by George Gresham, President, 1199SEIU, appeared today in the New York Amsterdam News: Late last year, our billionaire mayor, Michael Bloomberg, summoned the…
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January 4, 2012
Cape Cod Senator’s Real-World Case for Paid Sick Days
Dan Wolf is a small business owner, a legislative leader in Massachusetts, and a believer in paid sick days. In an op ed in the…
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January 4, 2012
Connecticut Workers Welcome Paid Sick Days
This time last year, Desiree Rosado, a school bus driver in Groton, Connecticut, was dreading flu season. "Working without paid sick days, you're always worried…
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December 15, 2011
Roadmap for Working Families in North Carolina
With high unemployment and a severe jobs shortfall increasingly threatening the economic security of North Carolina’s working families, it is imperative that state leaders develop…
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November 21, 2011
Another Barrier to Maternity Leave for Those Most in Need: Knowing About It
Ms. Magazine Nanette Fondas November 18, 2011 On Wednesday a new poll [PDF] was released that shows that people who are most likely to need…
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November 21, 2011
Most don’t know law permits paid time off to care for relatives
Los Angeles Times Anna Gorman November 16, 2011 The majority of Californians have not heard of a state law that allows many workers to take paid time off to…
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