Press Releases
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
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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October 8, 2012
Campaigning for Care
Back in 2004, a presidential candidate acknowledged the changing organization of our care economy. “In one of the most dramatic shifts our society has seen,”…
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October 3, 2012
The Right to Care: State’s Paid Family Leave Turns 10
When we found out we were expecting twins in 2005, my husband was a teacher and I worked for a small non-profit. We were…
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September 2, 2012
This small-business owner welcomes earned sick time
Orange County voters will likely have the opportunity to enact an earned sick-time initiative this November. As a small-business owner, I'm eager to throw my…
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September 1, 2012
New law requires paid sick leave at Seattle businesses
SEATTLE - A new law that took effect Saturday means Seattle is now one of the few cities in the nation requiring businesses to offer…
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August 17, 2012
U.S. Trails World in Paid Time Off as 40% Don’t Get Money
About 40 percent of U.S. workers, or more than 55 million Americans, don’t get paid when they take vacation or sick days, the government reported.…
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August 16, 2012
Can’t Momma Get a (Paid) Day Off?
I’ve had premature babies. I’ve had cancer. I’ve had it good. Unlike most new mothers and people with major illnesses, I didn’t have to worry…
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