This morning New York City became the fifth U.S. city – and the largest – to guarantee workers the right to earn paid sick days on the job. More than 1 million […]
Category: Seattle Education
A Seattle Mom’s Story: Why We All Need Paid Sick Days
One evening in 2010, Monica’s baby had a seizure. After a frantic call to 911, a terrifying rush to the hospital, and a night spent by her son’s side, Monica […]
Comment D.C. Corporate Front Group Tries to Speak for Seattle – and Fails Miserably
This week The Seattle Times ran an op-ed by Michael Saltsman of the Employment Policies Institute (EPI), an industry-funded ‘research’ organization, claiming Seattle’s Paid Sick Days law is negatively impacting local businesses and […]
Seattle sick leave law: So healthy that others want to follow suit
As noted recently on Crosscut and elsewhere, Seattle’s Paid Sick and Safe Leave law turns one year old this month. September also marks the new school year and a new flu season. […]