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October 2009

10-31-2009: Daily Camera: State's minimum wage reveals reality

10-27-2009: Marin Independent Journal: Marin County supervisors reject wage cuts for in-home support workers

10-27-2009: Wisconsin State Journal: CAREGIVERS NEED TO EARN LIVING WAGE

10-26-2009: Lawyers USA: What to do when your employees get the flu

10-24-2009: Creators Syndicate: Suddenly We Care About Others' Paid Sick Leave

10-22-2009: Associated Press State & Local Wire: Maine bill seeks H1N1 prevention

10-21-2009: Portland Press Herald: Bill seeks to require some paid sick time; State House: A legislator says it would encourage sick workers to stay home; business groups object.

10-19-2009: Associated Press State & Local Wire: Vt. minimum wage to remain at $8.06 next year

10-16-2009: USA TODAY: Wages on pace for 18-year low point; Private sector and retirees feel drag

10-16-2009: Providence Journal-Bulletin: Out of work and increasingly out of options

10-14-2009: Fort Collins Coloradoan: State to shrink minimum wage

10-14-2009: The Salt Lake Tribune: Chicken soup

10-12-2009: Michigan Lawyers Weekly: Lawyers help clients bugged by the flu

10-12-2009: The Asheville Citizen-Times: Sick leave not an option for many in WNC

10-12-2009: The Post-Crescent: Influenza season, especially H1N1 pandemic -- or swine flu -- highlights paid sick leave issue

10-12-2009: Gannett News Service: Swine flu highlights paid sick leave issue

10-9-2009: Monterey County Herald: Paternity leave not automatic

10-8-2009: Sentinel & Enterprise: Mass. sick leave bill gains momentum

10-7-2009: The Wichita Eagle: With flu here, sick leave policies get closer look

10-7-2009: Plain Dealer: Workers without paid sick time face losing pay or even their jobs

10-7-2009: The New York Times: Sharp Reversal For California Over Welfare

10-7-2009: Statehouse News Service: WITH FLU WORRIES, PAID SICK DAYS ACT PITCHED AS PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURE

10-7-2009: Boston Globe: Mass. unions push bill requiring paid sick days

10-7-2009: ABC World News Tonight: No Sick Days for Swine Flu Sufferers

10-4-2009: The New York Times: A Battle Over Low-Income Housing Reveals Post-Hurricane Tension

10-4-2009: The New York Times: Health Care? Not if You Can't Leave Work to Get It

10-3-2009: The Columbus Dispatch: $7.30 AN HOUR; Minimum wage will not rise in 2010

10-2-2009: New York Daily News: PAID SICK LEAVE FEVER CATCHES ON IN COUNCIL

10-1-2009: Sun-Sentinel: YOUR PAID SICK DAYS MAY NOT BE ENOUGH IF SWINE FLU HITS HARD

10-1-2009: New York Daily News: WORKER'S SICK & FIRED - & FIRED UP

10-1-2009: Richmond Times Dispatch: Va. group: Widen insurance access; Low health-care rating for children, working families is decried