Maryland Paid Sick Days Campaign Kicks Off
Advocates, workers, legislators, public health officials and business owners launched a campaign for a paid sick days standard for the state of Maryland last week. Working Matters Maryland – a...
View ArticleFantastic Video Shows Seattle “Works Well” with Paid Sick Days
Seattle’s paid sick and safe time law went into effect on September 1 of this year. A great new video from the city’s Office for Civil Rights, “Why Seattle Works Well,” highlights the benefits of the...
View ArticleNow is the Time for Paid Sick Days in Philadelphia
With a swell of support from a coalition of workers, advocates, businesses and lawmakers, a proposal for a citywide earned paid sick days standard was introduced in the Philadelphia City Council today....
View ArticleMore 2013 Paid Sick Days Campaigns Kick Off!
On opposite sides of the country, coalitions of workers, businesses and activists kicked off paid sick days campaigns this week. These newly launched campaigns demonstrate the continued strength and...
View ArticleProgress in Washington, Vermont and Philadelphia!
Earlier this month, lawmakers in Washington state held a hearing to consider proposed paid sick days and family and medical leave insurance bills. The Washington Work and Family Coalition turned out in...
View ArticlePaid Sick Days Bill Passes in Portland!
Cross-posted from the National Partnership for Women & Families. Just moments ago, the Portland City Council voted unanimously to approve an ordinance that will let tens of thousands of workers in...
View ArticleThe Time is Now for Federal Action on Paid Sick Days
Cross-posted from MomsRising. Susan, a single mother in Missouri, has a 10-year-old son who has pneumonia. She wants to stay home and care for him, but she cannot because her boss refuses to let her...
View ArticleSad Day for Floridians
Cross-posted from the National Partnership for Women & Families. Floridians are the latest state residents to fall victim to an underhanded and harmful effort to undermine democracy across the...
View ArticleNew York City Council Paves the Way for One Million Workers to Earn Paid Sick...
Cross-posted from the National Partnership for Women & Families. In a major victory in the effort to increase access to paid sick days, the New York City Council has passed a measure that would...
View ArticleNew Preemption Law in Florida Strengthens Imperative for National Paid Sick...
Cross-posted from the National Partnership for Women & Families. Florida Governor Rick Scott handed the organized business lobby a victory today, and the losers are workers, local governments and...
View ArticleA Tremendous Step Forward for New Yorkers and Our Nation
Cross-posted from the National Partnership for Women & Families. Early this morning, the New York City Council voted overwhelmingly to guarantee workers the right to earn paid sick days – taking a...
View ArticleRhode Island Legislature Makes Paid Leave History!
Cross-posted from the National Partnership for Women & Families. Today, the Rhode Island legislature became the third in the nation to pass a law that guarantees workers paid time off to care for...
View ArticleA Bittersweet Labor Day
Cross-posted from the Huffington Post. For more than a century, Labor Day has been a time to pay tribute to the enormous contributions of working people in this country. It is also a time for those of...
View ArticleCampaigns Heat Up, Progress Continues
Summer may be coming to an end, but some efforts to advance paid sick days standards across the country are just starting to heat up. This week, lawmakers in Jersey City, New Jersey, are expected to...
View ArticleJersey City Takes a Great Step Toward a Sick Days Standard
Cross-posted from the National Partnership for Women & Families. Tonight, members of the City Council in Jersey City, New Jersey, took an exciting step toward guaranteeing all workers in the city...
View ArticleTime to Strengthen D.C.’s Paid Sick Days Law
Cross-posted from the National Partnership for Women & Families. The D.C. City Council made history in 2008 when it passed the nation’s second paid sick days law, guaranteeing workers the right to...
View ArticleOne Year Later: A Stronger Seattle
Cross-posted from the National Partnership for Women & Families. Seattle’s paid sick days law was signed two years ago today, and a new report reveals some great news about the strength of the...
View ArticleJersey City Poised to Establish the Nation’s Next Paid Sick Days Law
Cross-posted from the National Partnership for Women & Families. Tonight, the Jersey City Council overwhelmingly approved a measure to guarantee workers can earn sick days, demonstrating its...
View ArticleIt’s Official: Jersey City Will Guarantee Paid Sick Days
Cross-posted from the National Partnership for Women & Families. This morning, surrounded by workers, advocates and small business owners, Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop signed the nation’s seventh...
View ArticleNewark Continues the Paid Sick Days Momentum
Cross-posted from the National Partnership for Women & Families. Just last week, Jersey City became the first city in the Garden State with a paid sick days law. Now, the Newark City Council has...
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