We all get sick. But not everyone can stay home when they are contagious. In cities and states without paid sick days standards, 2 of every 5 workers don’t earn a single day of paid sick leave, including many on the front lines of public health and food safety – in restaurants, retail stores, and even health care. EOI is working to pass minimum paid sick days standards so no one has to choose between their job and their health.
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Washington State Work & Family Agenda
Fair Pay Women hold nearly half of all jobs and earn the majority of college degrees, yet the typical woman working full time in Washington earns 80¢ to a man’s $1. On average, Washington women working full time bring h…
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Paid Sick and Safe Days
Everyone gets sick or needs to see the doctor now and then – but an estimated 1 million Wa…
Senate Commerce and Labor Committee hearing on HB 1313: Paid sick and safe leave
Panelists Monica Bryant, grocery worker Traci Underwood, Washington State Coalition Agains…
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Show WA legislators you support Paid Sick Days and Paid Family Leave!
Two bills to improve economic security for Washington’s working families are off to a stro…
Will the Tacoma City Council pass the weakest paid sick days law in the nation?
No one should be forced to go to work sick. No one should be forced to stay at work when t…
