Hearing of the Workforce Protection Subcommittee, Committee on Education and Labor

Attend Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey’s Congressional hearing on working families:

Friday, November 13th, at 10:30 am

Marin County Civic Center

Board of Supervisors Chambers

3501 Civic Center Drive

San Rafael, California 94903

Testimony will be heard from:

Ann O’Leary

Executive Director, Berkeley Center on Health, Economic & Family Security

University of California, Berkeley School of Law

Joan Williams

Director, Center for WorkLife Law

University of California, Hastings College of the Law

Joan Blades

Co-founder, Moveon.org and Momsrising.org

For more information, contact Congesswoman Woolsey’s District Office at

415-507-9554.

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Update from California Work and Family Coalition

From Brandy Davis, Policy Coordinator of Labor Project for Working Families:

In February 2009 the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act (AB 1000) was introduced in the California Assembly.  AB 1000 is sponsored by the California Labor Federation and California ACORN, and is championed by Assemblywoman Fiona Ma.

AB 1000 will ensure that all workers in California can earn and use paid sick days for personal illness, to care for a sick family member or to recover from domestic violence or sexual assault,….

Californians Support Paid Sick Days

Click here for the complete results and graphics from the Field Research Corporation survey conducted in July 2008.

As paid sick days legislation (AB 2716 - Ma) proceeds through the California State Legislature, what does the voting public think about this workplace benefit? And do California voters see a public health benefit to paid sick days?

To answer these questions and more, CCRWF commissioned the respected Field Research Corporation to assess public opinion on paid sick days.

What did we learn?

• Striking majorities of Californians -….