From the Huffington Post | By Ellen Bravo: This time last year, Desiree Rosado, a school bus driver in Groton, Connecticut, was dreading flu season. “Working without paid sick days, you’re always worried about what will happen if you get sick,” she said. “When my kids caught the swine flu, I missed a week ofContinue reading “Connecticut Workers Welcome Paid Sick Days”
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The WA Family Leave Coalition congratulates the Seattle Coalition on passing paid sick days!
On September 23, 2011, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn signed the Seattle Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance into law following an 8 to 1 vote by the City Council. The campaign by the Seattle Coalition for a Healthy Workforce generated wide earned media coverage and more e-mails and phone calls to Council members than any issueContinue reading “The WA Family Leave Coalition congratulates the Seattle Coalition on passing paid sick days!”
Lack of paid sick leave shortchanges rural workers
From the Carsey Institute: Rural workers have less access to sick leave, forcing them to choose between caring for themselves or family members, and losing pay or perhaps even their jobs when faced with an illness, according to new research from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire. “Paid sick days are aContinue reading “Lack of paid sick leave shortchanges rural workers”
Washington Work and Family Coalition 