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April 26, 2012
The Case for Earned Sick Time
As business owners, women want to offer good benefits, but they are often at an unfair disadvantage without a minimum standard in place. When they do decide to offer fair wages and benefits, they run the risk of being undercut by the competition. The U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce strongly and enthusiastically endorses the earned sick time legislation because it supports small businesses, benefits workers and encourages an equitable workplace for women across the Commonwealth.
April, 25, 2012
Dunkin' Donuts Protest Calls for Sick Days
NEW BEDFORD — A dozen protesters clad in bright orange T-shirts marched and chanted in front of Dunkin' Donuts on Kempton Street today, calling for that corporation and others to provide workers with earned sick time.
April 2, 2012
Mass. Needs Sick Leave Mandate
For the nearly 1 million Massachusetts workers and their families, proper health care is largely out of reach. That's because they don't have basic, paid sick days - and it means higher costs for them, their employers and our communities.

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Activists Fight Real Contagion in Massachusetts

Contagion: Not Just a Movie tells the real story of how flu epidemics can spread. During the H1N1 outbreak, 7 million Americans caught the flu from their co-workers – in part because so many hard-working people without paid sick days were unable to stay home sick without being fired or losing a day’s wage.

Watch the real stories of five of the 44 million people who have been forced to go into work when they are sick because they couldn’t afford to or weren’t allowed to take time off.

We all have a stake in paid sick days. Almost 1 million Massachusetts workers lack access to a single paid sick day. You can make a difference! Join the fight for paid sick days in Massachusetts today! Contact etoulan@gbls.org to get involved.

WORKERS RALLY IN BOSTON FOR STATE LAW MANDATING PAID SICK DAYS



By Mounira Al Hmoud
METROWEST DAILY NEWS/March 28, 2012

Dozens of supporters rallied yesterday for a state law mandating paid sick days for private employers in an annual event that proponents said may finally bring success to workers around the state.

Organized by Massachusetts Paid Leave Coalition, the rally featured workers, employers, nurses, elected officials and someone in a green giant microbe called Germie, who spread flu among the crowd as people chanted “Paid sick time isn’t just for you, Germie’s here spreading the flu,” and “Germie, Germie stay away, Pass the sick time bill today.”

Almost a third of the workforce in Massachusetts has no paid sick days, according to a 2011 report by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research.

Naomi Ramos-Winthrop, executive director of New England Justice, said there are groups representing labor, community, women, and religious groups. Read more...

"Workplace flexibility isn’t just a women’s issue.  It’s an issue that affects the well-being of our families and the success of our businesses.  It affects the strength of our economy – whether we’ll create the workplaces and jobs of the future that we need to compete in today’s global economy."
     - President Barak Obama

The White House wants you to be part of the conversation about workplace flexibility in your community.  To learn more, go to the Council on Women and Girls website.