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 only 78 cents to a man’s dollar – $11,500 less each year. Fifty years aft…
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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…
Support sick and safe leave
Testimony before the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee on HB 1313, establishing minimum…
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