Flu season peaks this month. Public health officials tell us to stay home at the first sign of fever but millions of American workers can’t afford to take off work and far too many fear that staying home with the flu will cost them their job. We all need paid sick days. The Healthy FamiliesContinue reading “Congresswoman Suzan DelBene Co-Sponsors the Healthy Families Act”
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State House passes Washington’s first statewide paid sick days bill
HB 1313 establishes new minimum standards for 1 million Washington workers –one-third of the state’s workforce – to accrue paid sick and safe time Olympia | Today, the Washington State House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed HB 1313 – a bill establishing minimum standards for earned paid sick and safe time. The bill will protect 1Continue reading “State House passes Washington’s first statewide paid sick days bill”
Take action: Demand paid sick days for every Washington family
In seven years of employment at the same restaurant, Alma only left work once. It was to rush to the hospital to see her 13 year-old daughter who had been hospitalized after an acute asthma attack. Afterward, Alma’s boss told her she’d be fired if she ever left work again. No one should be forcedContinue reading “Take action: Demand paid sick days for every Washington family”
Washington Work and Family Coalition 