Comments on: Paid Sick Days: An Important Step toward Economic Security for Women of Color http://blog.nationalpartnership.org/index.php/2010/12/paid-sick-days-women-of-color/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 24 Apr 2013 02:54:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Abraham Markman http://blog.nationalpartnership.org/index.php/2010/12/paid-sick-days-women-of-color/comment-page-1/#comment-16874 Abraham Markman Thu, 23 Dec 2010 17:11:33 +0000 http://blog.nationalpartnership.org/?p=869#comment-16874 Obama as a candidate and during his nomination speach talked eloquenly about the need for paid sick days, but he didn't raise the question once elected. This was a very popular issue among conservatives, idependents and liberals. Not vigorously suporting paid sick days, paid family leave, and a much stronger jobs program led to his losing the support of many independenr voters, particularly. Abraham Markman Obama as a candidate and during his nomination speach talked eloquenly about the need for paid sick days, but he didn’t raise the question once elected. This was a very popular issue among conservatives, idependents and liberals. Not vigorously suporting paid sick days, paid family leave, and a much stronger jobs program led to his losing the support of many independenr voters, particularly.

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]]> By: Barbara Garcia http://blog.nationalpartnership.org/index.php/2010/12/paid-sick-days-women-of-color/comment-page-1/#comment-16648 Barbara Garcia Wed, 22 Dec 2010 07:00:10 +0000 http://blog.nationalpartnership.org/?p=869#comment-16648 Yes, paid sick days are very important. What is also important is being allowed to use them. The company I work for has paid sick days, but we get written up if we use more than our boss (or his boss) thinks is appropriate. Make sure if you get this law passed that protection is written into it to protect the people who need to actually use the sick days. Yes, paid sick days are very important. What is also important is being allowed to use them. The company I work for has paid sick days, but we get written up if we use more than our boss (or his boss) thinks is appropriate. Make sure if you get this law passed that protection is written into it to protect the people who need to actually use the sick days.

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