Maybe you’ve had that early morning moment of anxiety when you wake up with a fever and a cough that won’t stop and you think ‘Should I go to work today?’ If you’re lucky, your employer offers a few paid days off in case of illness and you can roll over to get some muchContinue reading “Employers Report Modest Use of Paid Sick Days”
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Sick and safe leave is a lifeline for workers
By Washington State Representative Roger Freeman Last year, I was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer. Here’s the thing you think about when you have stage four cancer — there is no stage five. I was concerned. Not only for myself, but for my family. Fighting cancer means treatment and surgery. Lots of doctor’s appointments.Continue reading “Sick and safe leave is a lifeline for workers”
Workers, working family advocates urge Senate to pass paid sick and safe leave
Yesterday, advocates from business, domestic violence prevention, senior citizen services, organized labor and workers from the retail, restaurant and grocery industry came together to urge the Washington State Senate to pass paid sick and safe leave. Panelists Monica Bryant, grocery worker Traci Underwood, Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence Boris Popovic, Main Street Alliance ofContinue reading “Workers, working family advocates urge Senate to pass paid sick and safe leave”
Washington Work and Family Coalition 