Tag: Public Health
November 8, 2021
Choosing Between My Career and a Chance at a Family
By Emily Waldron When my husband, Jason, and I started the in vitro fertilization (IVF) process, I thought I was prepared. I’d earned a master’s…
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March 15, 2017
Get Real about Paid Sick Days
Have you seen the contest floating around Facebook called “Sick Just Got Real”? You’re supposed to send in a selfie or YouTube video answering a…
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December 12, 2016
Reject Trump’s Maternity Leave Scheme
Some congressional Democrats have announced they want to find areas to work with President-elect Trump and point to paid leave as an example. As an…
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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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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 4, 2012
Get a Glimpse Behind the Kitchen Door
Cage-free chicken grilled by a sneezing chef. Organic salad brought to you by a coughing server. Are we really eating healthier when we don't know what…
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March 23, 2012
Celebrate Second Anniversary of Affordable Care Act
Experts like to talk about cost-benefit analyses. Badly needed reforms to inefficient systems may seem to cost money, but often the benefits from that change…
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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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