From the Public News Service: SEATTLE – More than half the people questioned in a new national survey said they’ve either gone to work with a contagious illness or sent their kids to school or child care sick, because they didn’t have paid sick leave and couldn’t afford to stay home. The University of Chicago’sContinue reading “New Survey Shows Widespread Support for Paid Sick Days”
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Lack of Paid Sick Days Takes Significant Toll on Workers, Public Support Growing
Via the Public Welfare Foundation: Nearly one in six people polled in a national survey (16 percent) say they have lost a job for taking time off from work to care for a sick child or family member, or to cope with their own illness. Released today, the survey was conducted by the National OpinionContinue reading “Lack of Paid Sick Days Takes Significant Toll on Workers, Public Support Growing”
To really support dads, Washington needs family-wage jobs and modern workplace standards
On Sunday, dads across Washington State will be celebrated at home as role models, breadwinners, caretakers, parents and more. Certainly a new set of power tools will show dad how much you appreciate him. But no gift can make up for the economic losses that Washington’s men (and their families) have experienced since the beginningContinue reading “To really support dads, Washington needs family-wage jobs and modern workplace standards”
Washington Work and Family Coalition 