Cross-posted from MomsRising.org (re-posted from Working Mother Magazine): While all working women would benefit from access to paid sick leave, the latest data from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) shows that 44 million workers in the U.S. did not have access to a single paid sick day during 2010. A growing segment ofContinue reading “Sandwich Generation in a Pickle?”
Category Archives: Healthy Families Act
Do you want to pick up the flu along with your prescription? Didn’t think so.
In the coast-to-coast battle over whether or not we should have laws requiring paid sick days, Kate Karpilow has two things to tell you. One, she has someone at home with congestive heart failure – so picking up the flu from a pharmacy clerk is a really bad idea. And two, if you’re worried aboutContinue reading “Do you want to pick up the flu along with your prescription? Didn’t think so.”
NPR: Obama Budget Pushes Paid Leave Programs
When citizen delegates from Washington State converged in Washington DC to urge their representatives to take action on paid family leave and paid sick days, Selena Allen, of Tacoma (whose story we’ve profiled before), and EOI Policy Director Marilyn Watkins were interviewed by NPR reporter Jennifer Ludden: For millions of Americans, a major illness orContinue reading “NPR: Obama Budget Pushes Paid Leave Programs”
Washington Work and Family Coalition 