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08/26/10

It's Women's Equality Day , the date marked to celebrate women getting the right to vote in our nation 90 years ago today. It's both hard (and easy in some sad ways) to believe that it was just 90 years ago that women got the right to vote in our nation. Reflecting on this, I called my grandmother...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

08/26/10

Today marks Women’s Equality Day , the commemoration of women’s suffrage achieved in 1920. What better time to take stock of what’s left to do? We need a national conversation led by the White House to explore how women decision-makers can help achieve better economic performance and a more...

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Linda Tarr-Whelan

Paid Sick Days Blog Carnivals

08/26/10

Council Speaker Quinn’s measured approach to paid sick days is wearing thin to the point of transparency, and it may well cost her politically. By holding up a vote until opponents of the bill can produce a piece of unsound research, Quinn is showing too much concern for the sentiments of a...

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Tim Judson

Paid Sick Days Blog Carnivals

08/26/10

Councilwoman Gale Brewer introduced a groundbreaking bill last year intended to provide mandatory paid sick leave to New York City workers. In response to concerns put forth by the business community, a newly revised version of the bill was introduced on March 25, 2010. The new 2010 version of the...

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Amy Impellizzeri

Paid Sick Days Blog Carnivals

08/26/10

A crowded rally was held Tuesday on the steps of City Hall in support of a paid sick leave bill currently pending before the City Council . The pending legislation was introduced in August by Councilwoman, Gale Brewer. The rally, scheduled to begin at 12 noon, drew such a crowd that by 12:15...

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Amy Impellizzeri

Paid Sick Days Blog Carnivals

08/26/10

There are many areas of life in this country where it appears that we live in two worlds. And that’s no different when we consider paid sick days. In the first world, if you’re sick, you stay home from work, take care of yourself, and have the time to get better. In the second world, if you’re sick...

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Linda Meric

Paid Sick Days Blog Carnivals

08/26/10

Despite having a veto-proof number of supporters in the City Council, a bill that would guarantee workers the right to earn paid sick leave is being stalled by the business community. This is not particularly surprising, given that businesses have generally fought against raising workplace...

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John Petro

Paid Sick Days Blog Carnivals

08/26/10

In the spring of 2007 the NYS Paid Leave Coalition and A Better Balance began meeting with Speaker Christine Quinn’s staff to determine if the City Council had the authority to establish a law to require private sector employers to provide paid sick days to their employees. After the initial...

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Donna Dolan

Paid Sick Days Blog Carnivals

08/26/10

It is estimated that about one-half of full-time private sector American workers do not have paid sick leave benefits. If you are in the other one-half that do, congratulations . . . to you and your employer. However, it might interest you to know that your favorite restaurant employee, retail...

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Amy Impellizzeri

Paid Sick Days Blog Carnivals

08/26/10

My name is Sherry Leiwant and I am Executive Director of A Better Balance: The Work and Family Legal Center. We are a legal advocacy organization working to improve the workplace so that workers can care for their families without sacrificing their economic security and we have focused heavily on...

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