Philadelphia Jobs With Justice is a coalition of labor unions, community organizations, religious and student constituency groups building a movement for worker's rights and social economic justice on the principles of solidarity, reciprocity, militancy and direct action. Philadelphia Jobs With Justice is dedicated to winning victories that matter for working people.
| WILLIAM WAY CENTER, 1315 SPRUCE STREET, SUITE 331, PHILADELPHIA, PA |
| Phone: 215-670-5855 |
Monday, June 20, 2011
VICTORY IN PHILADELPHIA
Last Thursday, June 16, Philadelphia City Council finally voted on the Earned Sick Time Bill, approving it in a 9-8 vote. Philly JwJ has worked hard to get this bill passed, working alongside over one hundred other groups in the area. It's been a hard fight, but finally Council has recognized a basic right of all workers, and announced that everybody deserves decent sick-leave provisions. If Nutter signs the bill, there will be no more hard decisions between caring for a sick relative and getting a day's pay, or between taking the time to get better and keeping a job. That means that now we need to make sure Mayor Nutter signs this law into the books!
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