Tag: Paid Sick Days
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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February 10, 2015
Why I Hate That NyQuil Ad
I usually don’t watch ads on TV—that’s what DVRs are for. But when I do see live shows, say a Packers game or the nightly…
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January 14, 2015
Paid Sick Days and Paid Family Leave for all Americans
Dear Mr. President, I am writing to you today as a supporter of Paid Sick Days and Paid Family Leave. These became extremely important to…
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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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November 20, 2014
Paid Sick Days Needs to Cover Everyone
by Ellen Bravo There’s an old saying: “For want of a nail, a shoe was lost, For want of a shoe, a horse was lost,…
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November 6, 2014
Why the Momentum for Paid Sick Days?
By Ellen Bravo As reporters took note of the clean sweep for paid sick days ballot initiatives in an otherwise lopsided electoral night, they all…
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October 21, 2014
Let’s Talk About Paid Family and Medical Leave
October is National Work & Family Month, making it the perfect time to talk about the importance of paid family and medical leave. At some…
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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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June 12, 2012
Who Cares For – and About – Sick Kids?
by Ellen Bravo Note to all legislators and other decision-makers: If you care about children, you must pay attention to what is happening to their…
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