Here's how minimum wage and paid sick leave measures fared in the election
Some red states approved ballot measures to raise the minimum wage and require employers to provide paid sick time to their workers.
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Rail workers never stopped fighting for paid sick days. Now persistence is paying off
The freight railroad CSX announced this week it had made a deal to provide paid sick leave to roughly 5,000 rail workers. The White House and lawmakers are pushing other railroads to follow suit.
Some rail workers say Biden "turned his back on us" in deal to avert rail strike
With a strike looming, President Biden called on Congress to pass legislation imposing a contract deal that four rail unions had rejected, citing its lack of paid sick days.
As holidays near, a nationwide rail strike is still on the table. Here's the latest
So far, three of 12 unions representing freight rail workers have rejected the contract deal brokered by the Biden administration in September. Those unions are holding out for paid sick leave.
San Francisco moves to require paid sick leave for nannies and gardeners
The measure would affect 10,000 people in the city who work in private homes cleaning, cooking and tending children, among other duties. It proposed law would be the first of its kind in the U.S.
COMIC: Grocery Workers Are Essential, And Feeling The Strain
"I feel happy to have a job that is important," says a clerk in Portland, Ore. "But safe? No way!" A graphic artist relays the worries, pleas and pride from key workers on the pandemic's front line.
Paid Leave Vs. The Pandemic
What if we renamed "sick leave" a "containment stipend"?