Tag: Paid Sick Days
January 12, 2016
Letters to POTUS 2016
The following are letters from all 21 states in the Family Values @ Work network to President Obama. They’re from those who’ve needed just a…
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December 15, 2015
Honoring 2015 Game Changers
We’ve seen so much progress in 2015 to expand access to paid sick days and paid family and medical leave. On November 18 we gathered…
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November 4, 2015
Once We Win: Sharing Strategies for Enforcement
First we win – then we need to make sure the new law becomes familiar and accessible. To improve our success, paid sick days activists…
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November 4, 2015
Show of Strength for Paid Sick Days in LA
Los Angeles Paid Sick Days activists and street vendors collaborated on a musical joint action at City Hall October 27, calling for a “healthy Los…
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November 4, 2015
Jersey City Expands Its Law and Elizabeth Votes for Paid Sick Days
Elizabeth, New Jersey became the twenty-sixth jurisdiction in the U.S. – and the tenth in New Jersey! – to pass earned sick time when [TK]…
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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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October 14, 2015
Building the Successful Movement for Paid Sick Days
Over the past five years, a number of cities and states have passed paid (or “earned”) sick days requirements for workers. These victories were hard-won…
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October 8, 2015
More Marylanders May Gain Paid Sick Days
Working Matters Maryland, a coalition of 140 labor, community and business organizations, hopes to see another 130,000 state residents gain access to earned sick and…
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October 8, 2015
Minneapolis Considers Paid Sick Days to Fight Inequality
The coalition known as #MPLSWorks has been leading the campaign for a Minneapolis Working Families Agenda with a series of large rallies at City Hall,…
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October 6, 2015
Safiyyah A. Muhammad, New Jersey
Safiyyah remembers walking by a NJ Citizen Action table at a NJ Black Issues Convention, where she was receiving an award for peer support to…
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