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  1. A grassroots movement perspective on the deterioration in #Missouri politics - how talking to (or trying to talk to) state legislators has changed with increased gerrymandering and donor influence. Particularly on the tentacles of the Missouri #ChamberOfCommerce, so evident in the unpopular legislation that repealed the requirement for #PaidSickLeave passed by ballot initiative.

    An interview with Missouri's Jobs with Justice Richard Glahn:

    democracy.news/p/q-and-a-a-sma

    #Labor #USPol

  2. Access to paid sick leave is 10 percentage points lower among full-time workers in U.S. rural vs. urban areas (68% v. 77%) -- increasing the likelihood people will work contagious or forgo health care. These inequities will likely persist if change if left to individual employers or localities. #RuralAmerica #PaidSickLeave #PaidLeave #NICHDImpact
    ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/358814

  3. Here's why requiring businesses to provide paid sick leave is in the public interest — and making the requirement universal keeps the playing field level wrt that expense.

    Sick Workers Tied to 40% of Food Poisoning Outbreaks, C.D.C. Says

    archive.ph/manBU

    #sickLeave #paidSickLeave #unions #publicHealth #foodWorkers

  4. Sanders to Join Rail Workers in Fresh Demand for Paid Sick Leave commondreams.org/news/sanders-
    Will @aoc and the rest of the (D) "socialist" crew who exerted themselves to prevent the railworkers from striking last time, confront Sanders on this? You musn't upset the (D) House & Senate while they're busily playing the stock market, by fostering this nasty labor uppityness, you know.
    #Railworkers #PaidSickLeave #Sanders #FakeSocialists

  5. "At a moment when the railroad workers had maximum power in relation to the supply chain and the need for their essential work, the White House and the Democratic and the Republican Party leadership put their fingers on the scale and tipped it in favor of corporate America at the expense of the workers and human decency."

    Postal Worker Union Statement in #solidarity with #RailroadWorkers
    #PaidSickLeave

    apwu.org/news/statement-apwu-p

    #APWU

  6. CW: Politics

    Biden doing to Railroad Union what Reagan did for Airline Union. Same crap, different initials. BOTH CORPORATE SOCK-PUPPETS. Profits over people.
    @SenDemocrats
    @POTUS
    #RailroadWorkers #Railroadstrike #Labor #PaidSickLeave #Union #UnionStrong #OrganizedLabor