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Topic: paid sick leave

Sick sneezing office worker (Getty Images/Charday Penn)

Why is working while sick encouraged?

Nicole Karlis
Man ill with flu in office (Getty Images/Harbucks)

Where California is "behind the curve"

Mark Kreidler - Capital & Main
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) speaks during a House hearing. (Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images)

GOP delays coronavirus relief bill

Igor Derysh
Rick Snyder (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

Michigan GOP's war on democracy

Matthew Rozsa
(AP/Carlos Osorio)

Michigan’s “workers’ rights” measures

Bryce Covert - In These Times
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Republicans against paid sick leave

Bryce Covert - In These Times
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Making a paid sick leave a reality

Matthew Cunningham-Cook - In These Times
(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Bruce Vail - In These Times
(Reuters/Kevork Djansezian/Salon)

Walmart is a cultural sickness

Kyle Schmidlin

Robert Reich - RobertReich.org
(AP/Mandel Ngan)

Americans want paid time off

Luke Brinker
Barack Obama at the White House Summit on Working Families in Washington, June 23, 2014. (Reuters/Larry Downing)

The real "family values" party

Joan Walsh
(AP/Susan Walsh)

Obama backs paid sick leave

Luke Brinker
Connecticut. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy (AP/Jessica Hill)

Connecticut's crucial lesson

Luke Brinker
Whoppi Goldberg (Working Families Party)

"It's on us": Whoopi backs WFP

Luke Brinker
Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Tom Donohue. (Shizuo Kambayashi)

ALEC's disgusting new ploy

Ellen Bravo
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Nurses avert working sick

Josh Eidelson
Cory Booker (Reuters/Eduardo Munoz)

Cory Booker's liberal test

Josh Eidelson
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Katie McDonough
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Jillian Rayfield
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Katie McDonough