On Monday, the Spokane City Council passed an ordinance assuring most people working in the city the right to earn paid sick and safe leave starting next year. The Council voted 6 to 1 for the ordinance. At the start…
On Monday, the Spokane City Council passed an ordinance assuring most people working in the city the right to earn paid sick and safe leave starting next year. The Council voted 6 to 1 for the ordinance. At the start…
Low wages undermining Tacoma’s families, women, people of color 5% of Tacoma families receiving food stamps had at least one member working, and 25% had 2 or more members working.[1] Of low-wage workers in Washington: 29% are parents with children…
Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez and White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett are kicking off a national tour to promote paid leave policies around the country. The Lead on Leave road show starts in Seattle this coming Wednesday April 1st, part of…
No one should be forced to go to work sick. No one should be forced to stay at work when they have a sick child waiting miserably at school. Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland unveiled a paid sick and safe leave…
Yesterday, Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop signed paid sick days legislation into law that ensures businesses with 10 or more employees will offer up to five paid sick days a year to their employees. Businesses with fewer than 10 employees can…
This September, we’re celebrating the one year anniversary of Seattle’s paid sick days ordinance. Seattle was the first city in the state of Washington to give workers the right to earn paid sick days. Now, Washington’s third largest city –…
Wal-Mart recently announced that if Washington, D.C. enacts a stronger minimum wage, they will stop all planning for three new stores and reconsider ongoing construction on three other centers. That’s got to be great news for Costco, which already has…
A new study by the University of Pittsburgh adds empirical data to what many of us already consider a no-brainer: when people have paid sick days, fewer people infect their coworkers with the flu. Specifically, the study shows flu transmission…
As of June 2013, five U.S. cities and one state have established laws to guarantee people the right to earn paid sick days from their employers: San Francisco, CA; Portland, OR; Seattle, WA; New York, NY; Washington, DC; and Connecticut. With the…
From the Washington News Service TACOMA, Wash. – Another Washington city is adding its name to a growing national list of those considering a paid sick day policy for all workers. Organizers in Tacoma say they’ve been working on their…
