Blog Carnival for Women's Equality Day, August 26th!
A Better Balance, the New York State Paid Leave Coalition, and MomsRising are working together to raise public awareness about the need for paid sick days in New York City. Read blog posts here
Join the Twitter party to encourage NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn to bring the Paid Sick Time Act to a vote! Search for tweets marked #paidsickdays to retweet from your own account and to comment using the hashtag #paidsickdays. Send these tweets to @ChrisQuinn and help spread the word! Sample tweet: Dear @ChrisCQuinn, please support #paidsickdays for New York City's women and families! More info at: http://www.momsrising.org/blog
Sample wall post: Speaker Quinn, please support paid sick days for New York City's women and families! More info at: http://www.momsrising.org/blog
A Better Balance Rallies for Paid Sick Time in Central Park
ABB rallied in front of the horse carriages at Central Park on Wednesday July 14, 2010 to urge the City Council to take the Paid Sick Time Act to a vote.
Public Hearing on New York City Paid Sick Time Act
Workers, advocates, business leaders, and concerned citizens packed the New York City Council hearing room on May 11, 2010. New federal data shows that it would cost just 8 cents an hour for employers to provide paid sick time for workers in private service jobs like restaurant workers. A Better Balance and others urged City Council Speaker Quinn to schedule a vote for the bill, which has the support of 34 out of 51 City Council members.
A Better Balance joined the National Partnership for Women and Families in urging President Obama to pursue high-road contracting reforms to ensure that federal contract workers earn paid sick days for their own illness or to care for an ill family member. Click here to read more.
New Legal Resource in New York City for Pregnant Women and Family Caregivers
A Better Balance and the law firm of Outten & Golden LLP are launching a free legal clinic for people experiencing workplace problems related to their family responsibilities.
A Better Balance Rallies and Testifies at City Hall
Tuesday, November 17 - A Better Balance, along with Gloria Steinem and others rallied at New York City Hall to promote legislation currently before City Council to provide for paid sick days for all New Yorkers. The NYC Council's Civil Service and Labor Committee heard hours of testimony from A Better Balance and others, who urged the Council to enact paid sick days as a moral and public health issue.
Fanciful "Germs" Send Serious Message to Straphangers
Monday, October 26 - A Better Balance, along with NYC Paid Sick Days Coalition and the Working Families Party, organized a rally with Councilwoman Gale Brewer in Union Square to kick off the launch of a poster campaign in the subway for the pending paid sick leave legislation.
A Better Balance Policy Solutions for All New Yorkers
On February 1-2, 2007, A Better Balance co-hosted a summit with the BarnardCenter for Research on Women, bringing together researchers and advocates, representatives from labor and business, and elected officials in New York City, to discuss work/family issues with a focus on class. From this summit emerged certain themes and a consensus around the need for a comprehensive work/family policy advocacy agenda for New York City.
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A Better Balance Rallies for Paid Sick Time in Central Park
Fanciful "Germs" Send Serious Message to Straphangers
