Articles for Paid Sick Leave

How white supremacy prevented America from having single-payer healthcare
6 days, 13 hours ago

How white supremacy prevented America from having single-payer healthcare

Raw Story  

In the wake of the assassination of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson, Americans are wondering out loud why we’re getting ripped off by giant insurance companies when every other developed country in the world has healthcare as a right and pays an average of about half of what we do — and gets better outcomes. While Black people might have more …

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'We are unafraid': In face of Trump win, champions of working class vow epic fight
1 month, 1 week ago

'We are unafraid': In face of Trump win, champions of working class vow epic fight

Raw Story  

The results of last week's U.S. elections were cataclysmic for the Democratic Party, which lost control of the White House and Senate as the Republicans gained a trifecta, but economic justice advocates on Wednesday said that for many working people, the fight for a better standard of living and a political system that places people over Wall Street profits remains …

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Here's how minimum wage and paid sick leave measures fared in the election
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Here's how minimum wage and paid sick leave measures fared in the election

NPR  

Here's how minimum wage and paid sick leave measures fared in the election toggle caption Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images Voters in two red states, Alaska and Missouri, approved ballot measures to raise the minimum wage and require employers to provide paid sick time to their workers. A California ballot measure which would have raised the minimum wage across that …

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Paid Sick Leave Laws May Be Coming To More Red States
3 months, 1 week ago

Paid Sick Leave Laws May Be Coming To More Red States

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A growing number of liberal states have passed paid sick leave laws in recent years, assuring workers get paid time off to care for themselves or their loved ones when they’re ill. Now some conservative states might be getting in on the act, too. “What we’ve realized in talking to thousands of Nebraskans is that this is …

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Connecticut House votes to expand state’s paid sick leave requirement for all employers by 2027
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Connecticut House votes to expand state’s paid sick leave requirement for all employers by 2027

Associated Press  

HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut’s first-in-the-nation paid sick leave law from 2011 moved closer Wednesday to being updated, requiring all employers, down to those with a single worker, to provide their employees with time off by 2027. “We’ve experienced quite a culture change since 2011, and that’s especially true even more since we experienced the pandemic,” said Democratic House Majority Leader …

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Uber and Lyft to pay $328 million to settle dispute over taxes and fees paid by New York drivers
1 year, 1 month ago

Uber and Lyft to pay $328 million to settle dispute over taxes and fees paid by New York drivers

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — Uber and Lyft will pay a combined $328 million to settle complaints that they improperly saddled their New York drivers with taxes and fees that should have been been paid by passengers, state Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday. The companies have also agreed to provide drivers outside of New York City with paid sick leave and …

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California workers will see more paid sick time off under new law
1 year, 2 months ago

California workers will see more paid sick time off under new law

LA Times  

The health concerns faced by essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic helped increase support for expanding the number of paid sick days for employees in California. California workers will be entitled to five paid sick days, up from the current three, under a new law signed by Gov. The bill signed into law on Wednesday was lauded by the California …

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California moves one step closer to five paid sick days, with unions banking on COVID lessons
1 year, 3 months ago

California moves one step closer to five paid sick days, with unions banking on COVID lessons

LA Times  

California employers will be required to provide workers with five days of paid sick leave under legislation passed by the state Legislature on Wednesday, up from the current three-day requirement. “While one more paid benefit may not seem significant in isolation, this mandate must be viewed in the context of all of California’s other leaves and paid benefits, especially the …

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Norfolk Southern is 1st railroad to give all workers sick time as others negotiate with unions
1 year, 6 months ago

Norfolk Southern is 1st railroad to give all workers sick time as others negotiate with unions

Associated Press  

— Norfolk Southern became the first major North American freight railroad with deals to provide paid sick time to all of its workers Monday, but the other railroads are making progress, with nearly 65% of all rail workers securing this basic benefit since the start of the year. Most of the sick time deals, including the one Norfolk Southern announced …

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Most gig workers paid sick leave under new Seattle law
1 year, 8 months ago

Most gig workers paid sick leave under new Seattle law

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — Most gig workers in Seattle will be permanently entitled to paid sick leave and safe time under a first-in-the-nation law signed by Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell on Wednesday. Seattle previously allowed food delivery workers to accrue paid sick and safe time, but that policy was due to expire May 1, six months after the end of the emergency …

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In a first, some CSX railroad workers to get paid sick leave
1 year, 10 months ago

In a first, some CSX railroad workers to get paid sick leave

Associated Press  

— Several thousand workers at CSX will soon get one of the things that pushed the U.S. railroad industry to the brink of a strike last fall: paid sick time. Quality-of-life concerns about the lack of paid sick time and demanding schedules that keep many rail workers on call 24-7 dominated contract talks with all the major railroads last fall. …

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With less access to paid leave, rural workers face hard choices about health, family
1 year, 11 months ago

With less access to paid leave, rural workers face hard choices about health, family

NPR  

With less access to paid leave, rural workers face hard choices about health, family Enlarge this image toggle caption Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez/KHN Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez/KHN ELKO, Nev. — When Ruby B. Sutton found out she was pregnant in late 2021, it was hard to envision how her full-time job would fit with having a newborn at home. Sponsor Message Experts …

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Biden sees economy avoiding recession, but risks remain
2 years ago

Biden sees economy avoiding recession, but risks remain

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden assured Americans on Friday that the U.S. economy is chugging along in the holiday season, but the very strength of a new jobs report showed that high inflation remains a recession threat. “I’ve supported paid sick leave for a long time,” said the president, a staunch labor union supporter. “I’m going to continue that fight …

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Congress votes to avert rail strike amid dire warnings
2 years ago

Congress votes to avert rail strike amid dire warnings

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Legislation to avert what could have been an economically ruinous freight rail strike won final approval in Congress on Thursday as lawmakers responded quickly to President Joe Biden’s call for federal intervention in a long-running labor dispute. “I will sign the bill into law as soon as Congress sends it to my desk.” The Senate voted shortly after …

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Biden avoids rail strike but jeopardizes his union support
2 years ago

Biden avoids rail strike but jeopardizes his union support

LA Times  

President Biden disappointed some of his organized labor supporters over his intervention in a dispute between railroads and their workers. “It was the right thing to do at the moment, to save jobs to protect millions of working families from harm and destruction, and to keep supply chain stable around the holidays.” But the president risks alienating labor activists and …

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Democrats Vote To Force Contract On Rail Workers Without Paid Sick Leave
2 years ago

Democrats Vote To Force Contract On Rail Workers Without Paid Sick Leave

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Thursday to impose a union contract on rail workers in order to avoid a massive strike, but lawmakers did not include paid sick leave in the deal, as many workers had demanded. Although it was primarily Republicans who stood in the way of paid sick leave, it was Biden who called for …

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House votes to avert rail strike, impose deal on unions
2 years ago

House votes to avert rail strike, impose deal on unions

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House moved urgently to head off the looming nationwide rail strike on Wednesday, passing a bill that would bind companies and workers to a proposed settlement that was reached in September but rejected by some of the 12 unions involved. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi responded to that concern by adding a second vote Wednesday that would …

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US Senate votes on deal to dodge nationwide railroad strike
2 years ago

US Senate votes on deal to dodge nationwide railroad strike

Al Jazeera  

But an amendment to ensure paid sick leave for railroad workers failed to pass the US Senate’s 60-vote threshold. Shortly before the vote, the Senate rejected a separate amendment that would have given railroad workers seven days of paid sick leave per year, a key demand. “What was negotiated was so much better than anything they ever had.” The deal …

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House votes to impose deal to avert rail strike
2 years ago

House votes to impose deal to avert rail strike

LA Times  

The U.S. House moved urgently Wednesday to head off the looming nationwide rail strike, passing a bill that would bind companies and workers to a proposed settlement that was reached in September but rejected by some of the 12 unions involved. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi responded to that concern by adding a second vote Wednesday that would add seven days …

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EXPLAINER: What to know on Congress’ bid to bar rail strike
2 years ago

EXPLAINER: What to know on Congress’ bid to bar rail strike

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is asking Congress to intervene to avert a potentially crippling freight rail strike before Christmas and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling a vote this week to do so, even if it means handing a defeat to Democratic allies in the labor movement. In urging Congress to impose the deal that union leaders had agreed …

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Railroads reject sick time demands, raising chance of strike
2 years, 2 months ago

Railroads reject sick time demands, raising chance of strike

Associated Press  

— The major freight railroads appear unwilling to give track maintenance workers much more than they received in the initial contract they rejected last week, increasing the chances of a strike. The railroads took the unusual step of issuing a statement late Wednesday rejecting the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division union’s latest request to add seven days of …

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California votes to require paid sick leave for virus cases
2 years, 10 months ago

California votes to require paid sick leave for virus cases

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When Crystal Orozco got sick with the coronavirus last month, she missed nearly two weeks’ worth of her salary as a shift leader at a fast food restaurant and had to ask family members for a loan to help pay her rent. The tax cuts and other moves, including letting business owners deduct federal coronavirus grants from …

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Stay home or work sick? Omicron poses a conundrum
2 years, 11 months ago

Stay home or work sick? Omicron poses a conundrum

Associated Press  

As the raging omicron variant of COVID-19 infects workers across the nation, millions of those whose jobs don’t provide paid sick days are having to choose between their health and their paycheck. What’s more, Schneider noted that the share of workers with paid sick leave before the pandemic barely budged during the pandemic — 50% versus 51% respectively. “Now I …

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Stay home or work sick? Omicron poses a conundrum
2 years, 11 months ago

Stay home or work sick? Omicron poses a conundrum

LA Times  

As the raging Omicron variant of COVID-19 infects workers across the nation, millions of those whose jobs don’t provide paid sick days are having to choose between their health and their paycheck. What’s more, Schneider noted that the share of workers with paid sick leave before the pandemic barely budged during the pandemic — 50% versus 51% respectively. “Now I …

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