Save Eyes, Lose Job?
A grandmom from Milwaukee undergoes surgery to save her sight and loses her job because of it.
Sherry Johnson
Milwaukee, WI
Added: June 20, 2008
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Family Values @ Work |
Associated Tags:
African Americans | Basic Security | Working Families | Working Families WI |
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Paid Sick Days: A Guaranteed Minimum Standard
Information about Paid Sick Days in Milwaukee, as provided by 9to5, the National Association of Working Women.
Action Priorities: Valuing Families at Work (PDF)
Priorities for Federal action in 2009 and Beyond. Initiated by Multi-State Working Families Consortium.
Factsheet: Minimum Paid Sick Leave
From A Better Balance, a work and family legal center.
Deep Divisions, Shared Destiny: Executive Summary (PDF)
A poll of African Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans that proposes a positive way forward for race relations and identifying common concerns, sponsored by New America Media and nine founding ethnic media partners.
Poverty in the United States
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A Guide to the Aug. 10, 2010 Connecticut Primaries - State House, District 1, Democrats
Fairfield County Weekly - Sep 8, 2010 4:13 PM
Why are you running? I’m running to continue work I’ve started around housing and education and issues of criminal justice and housing. I have a concept that says people with handicap conditions cannot visit their friends because their houses aren’t adapted.
Letters: What Do You Think?
The Valley Advocate - Sep 7, 2010 9:47 AM
Stein:"The Real Thing"In regard to your cover story on Jill Stein ("Voters, Fasten Your Seatbelts ,"Sept. 2, 2010): We are lucky that a person of Jill Stein's intelligence, integrity and vision is willing to run for office in our tainted political environment. Imagine if someone who really...
Safety Top Concern of U.S. Workers, Surveys Show
HealthDay via Yahoo! News - Sep 3, 2010 9:05 AM
FRIDAY, Sept. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Safety is the most important workplace issue, say 85 percent of American workers.
Links to organizations and more publications on issues related to this video.
The American Prospect
Article on the state of working families, and the importance of having time to care for loved ones.
Color of Change
ColorOfChange.org exists to strengthen Black America's political voice. Our goal is to empower our members--Black Americans and our allies--to make government more responsive to the concerns of Black Americans and to bring about positive political and social change for everyone.
New America Media
New America Media is a nationwide association of over 700 ethnic media organizations representing the development of a more inclusive journalism.
