From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): The leaves are turning, sweaters are out, and pumpkin-flavored you-name-it is here. Fall is great, but there are some things not to love about fall. Three words: sneezy does it. That’s right. It’s flu season. Every … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): When 34 million workers can’t earn a single paid sick day, we have a problem. A big one. That’s why we’re elated that just last week, U.S. Senator Murray and Representative DeLauro reintroduced the Healthy Families … Continued
From the Women’s Law Project (http://www.womenslawproject.org/): Right now, special interests are pushing state legislation that would prohibit Pennsylvania cities and towns from providing workers paid sick leave protections, through what’s called a “pre-emption” bill. Even worse, they edited the proposed … Continued
Posted at http://www.clasp.org/issues/work-life-and-job-quality/in-focus/voters-increase-minimum-wage-guarantee-paid-sick-time-for-millions-of-workers NOV 15, 2016 By Zoe Ziliak Michel While the public has been focused on the presidential race, last week’s election also included ballot initiatives affecting millions of working people. Across the country, in both red and blue states, … Continued