Female Political Leaders Pressure Quinn on Paid Sick Leave

Written by City & State on July 19, 2012. Posted in Politics

A coalition of female leaders called on City Council Speaker Christine Quinn to bring the Paid Sick Time Act to a vote yesterday. Quinn has said economic conditions are not good enough yet to support the bill, which would require businesses with five or more employees to provide five days of paid sick leave each
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Campaign Roundup: Gloria Steinem Pressures Quinn on Paid Sick Leave Bill

Written by City & State on July 18, 2012. Posted in Politics

2013 Mayoral Race Gloria Steinem is pressuring Christine Quinn on the paid sick leave bill. Bill de Blasio took in heavy donations from the taxi industry, which he has supported. And Quinn took in quite a bit from a developer that was exempted from the living wage bill. Manhattan Voting machines in the Espaillat/Rangel primary
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Low Wage Workers Rally to Support Paid Sick Leave

Written by City & State on May 10, 2012. Posted in Breaking News

Dozens of low-wage, Spanish-speaking workers descended on Councilman Erik Martin Dilan’s district office in Brooklyn yesterday afternoon to deliver 1,800 postcards from his constituents declaring their support for a paid-sick leave bill. But the councilman said he would have been happy to talk to them, had he knew they were coming. “They showed up unannounced,”
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