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Paid Leave Stories Needed
The Coalition for Social Justice is collecting short stories and pictures or videos to make the case for significant investment in a national paid family and medical leave policy, in anticipation of a hearing coming up in DC this session. We aim to make the case for...
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“Hodgson Should Just Do the Job He Was Elected to Do” -WBSM [SOUTHCOAST VOICES]
"Hodgson’s promotion of a tough guy image, protecting the voters of Bristol County from imagined threats, is really only about scapegoating immigrants to further his political ambitions. That’s not what he was elected for." -Marlene Pollack, CSJ co-founder...
CSJ’s leadership on Paid Leave, including sick time, catches national attention
From the 19th article entitled, Paid sick leave expired in December. Could the Biden administration reignite a nationwide push? With nominees to lead the Treasury, Labor and Commerce departments who are committed to paid sick leave, President Joe Biden’s...
“Minimum wage hike, paid sick time take effect in Mass.”- Bay State Banner
“'Community, labor and religious groups collected 359,000 signatures from voters in 2017 and 2018, which catapulted a $15 minimum wage and paid leave to be passed by the Legislature,' Lew Finfer, co-director of Massachusetts Communities Action Network, said in a...
“Mass. Paid Sick Time Support Swells Amid Second Surge” -WBUR
"'Five days is simply not enough to get through a 14-day COVID-19 quarantine period and eight months into the COVID crisis, many workers with sick time banks have used up their state sick time, even as the winter surge hits us,' Anabel Santiago, grassroots coordinator...
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