Paid Sick Days

April 24, 2013

Paid sick leave would help millions of American families, would reduce the high cost of health care and would eliminate an unnecessary drag on our country’s economic recovery. It’s a common sense solution to a serious problem. Yet Wall Street billionaires and the tea-party politicians who work for...

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Laura Reyes

Paid Sick Days

April 24, 2013

The role of a registered professional school nurse is not only to provide for the safety and care of students, faculty, and staff, but also to support student academic achievement by addressing the physical, mental, emotional, and social health needs of their entire family. For the children of...

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Elizabeth Chau

Paid Sick Days Family Economic Security

April 24, 2013

This article originally appeared in Family Values @ Work . Home rule – guaranteed under the Florida state constitution — is a cherished conservative principle. It ensures the right of the people to determine and implement a public purpose at the grassroots level. So when is home rule not okay with...

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Ellen Bravo

Paid Sick Days

April 24, 2013

Editor's Note: Melissa Broome, senior policy advocate at the Job Opportunities Task Force and founding member of Working Matters , recounts what it was like to watch paid sick leave legislation fail during the 2013 session of the Maryland General Assembly. Thankfully, Melissa and her coalition...

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Melissa Broome

Paid Sick Days

April 24, 2013

The MOMentum around paid sick days is huge: in the month of March alone, supporters moved the dial in three of America’s biggest cities. Campaigns around the nation are reaching out to businesses to join in the effort. The progress in March is notable. In Philadelphia the City Council once again...

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Jodie Levin-Epstein

Paid Sick Days Family Economic Security

April 24, 2013

This blog post originally appeared in Direct Care Alliance, Inc. . I’m the president and CEO of Catalina In-Home Services in Tucson, Arizona. We offer personal care and support services. Our clients are all private pay. We have about 65 caregivers, who we call professional direct care workers. They...

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Judy Clinco

Paid Sick Days Family Economic Security

April 24, 2013

This blog post originally appeared in Direct Care Alliance . I have been a direct care worker for about 10 years. I truly believe we make a difference in the lives of elders and the sick. I love my work and I get paid well for it, but I don’t get paid sick time or paid holidays. I came here from...

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Gabriele Swe

Paid Sick Days Open Flexible Work

April 7, 2013

One of my preschooler’s favorite jokes: What do you get when you put lipstick on a pig? Answer: A pig. Why do I bring this up? Because right now, some members of Congress are trying to put lipstick on a pig: They’re introducing a bill called the “Working Families Flexibility Act,” a "comp time"...

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Ruth Martin

Paid Sick Days Family Economic Security Health Care

March 19, 2013

Tomorrow the House of Representatives will vote on the Ryan Budget. It is devastating to women’s advancement and to programs that women want and need. It is the budget that women overwhelming voted against in the 2012 election with a decisive gender gap. HERvotes , with its 52 women’s organizations...

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Eleanor Smeal

Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Open Flexible Work

March 15, 2013

I refused to be one of those people who criticized – or even commented too much – on Sheryl Sandberg’s new book, Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead , until I’d read it. Since my week included client crises, a non-profit board meeting, tap and drum lessons and oh yes, recovering from the hour...

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