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Seattle’s paid sick and safe time ordinance promotes safer families

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and the Seattle Office of Labor Standards is highlighting the safe time provisions of Seattle’s Paid Sick and Safe Time (PSST) law. You can download new flier about safe time protections to educate your co-workers, family, neighbors, and sister organizations. Available in English or Spanish. Visit the Office of Labor Standards website orContinue reading “Seattle’s paid sick and safe time ordinance promotes safer families”

Paid family-leave proposal arrives with force before D.C. Council

Dozens of supporters of a controversial proposal for the nation’s most generous family-leave law, including parents, small-business owners and union members, urged city lawmakers Tuesday to pass the measure supported by a majority of the D.C. Council. “We’re here for all of the obvious reasons,” said Jamie Smith, of the Chevy Chase neighborhood, who hadContinue reading “Paid family-leave proposal arrives with force before D.C. Council”

40 Years Ago, Iceland’s Women Decided They Had Had Enough

Via Jezebel: On October 24, 1975, the women of Iceland decided they would stop woman-ing in a massive protest for the same rights as men. On that day, known as Women’s Day Off, 90 percent of the country’s women refused to go to work or do chores or care for their children, to call forContinue reading “40 Years Ago, Iceland’s Women Decided They Had Had Enough”