Tag: economy
August 28, 2017
Remember the Iceberg
When I see armed men carrying Nazi flags, raising stiff-arm salutes and spewing anti-Semitic chants, I picture my relatives in the town of Borisov in…
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February 15, 2016
We Need Laws that Support Our Families: DC Paid Leave Hearing
by Ellen Bravo The hearing room at the DC City Council was packed on February 11, the witness list longer than council members could remember…
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October 28, 2015
Please Ask About Paid Leave in the GOP Debate
Paid family leave as well as paid sick days are proving to be priority issues among voters going into 2016, according to a recent Roosevelt…
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May 13, 2015
#MissionPossible – and Necessary and Long Overdue
By Ellen Bravo If we listened to corporate lobbyists and conservative politicians, we’d spend our time dodging imaginary chunks of falling sky. Make sure all…
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April 27, 2015
Senator Patty Murray: A Champion for Paid Sick Days
By Ellen Bravo The Healthy Families Act has a new Senate sponsor, Senator Patty Murray, and she’s proving to be not just a backer but…
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March 30, 2015
Don’t Wait for an Ebola Outbreak to Pass Paid Sick Days
By Melissa Josephs All of us will get sick at some point, sick enough to need to stay home. But in Illinois, 43 percent of…
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March 17, 2015
Affordable Family Leave: It’s About Time
By Ellen Bravo Consider the tale of two sisters, both employed in similar jobs. One has a child in Wisconsin; the other gives birth several…
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March 16, 2015
Dear Governor Cuomo: Women Leaders Are Hungry for Paid Leave
As President Obama noted in his State of the Union address, the U.S. is “the only advanced country on Earth that doesn’t guarantee paid sick…
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November 24, 2014
Why I’m Standing with Walmart Workers This Black Friday
As a student at University of Minnesota-Duluth, Cantare Davunt graduated with a bachelor’s degree in international studies. As a Walmart associate, she’s an activist fighting…
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June 20, 2012
End Unchecked Use of ‘Job Killer’ Allegations
The right wing relies on an old method of deception: repeat something often enough and people will begin to accept it as fact. And when…
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