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Higher wages and paid sick days matter for everyone

We know a thing or two about low wages and paid sick leave. We are two retail workers in King County. Our union, along with many others — and health, faith and community organizations — support a higher minimum wage and paid sick days. We support these benefits for all workers. Not some, but all,Continue reading “Higher wages and paid sick days matter for everyone”

High Inequality Results in More US Deaths Than Tobacco, Car Crashes and Guns Combined

Studies show roughly half of our health as adults has been programmed in the first thousand days after conception. So societies that privilege those first thousand days are healthier than societies that neglect them. There are only three countries in the world that don’t have a paid maternity leave policy. One of those countries isContinue reading “High Inequality Results in More US Deaths Than Tobacco, Car Crashes and Guns Combined”

New Momentum on Paid Leave, in Business and Politics

Oregon this month became the fourth state to pass a bill requiring that companies give workers paid sick days to care for themselves or family members. Chipotle said this month that it would begin offering hourly workers paid sick days and vacation days, joining McDonald’s, Microsoft and other companies that have recently given paid leaveContinue reading “New Momentum on Paid Leave, in Business and Politics”