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A PAID SICK LEAVE ORDINANCE

3 min read by Brian Flagg A paid sick leave ordinance for companies with more than ten employees is being considered by the Tucson City Council. This has been done in more than twenty other cities. It is being pushed by labor unions, especially the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) and other grassroots Tucsonans. It was introduced in December by Councilwoman Regina Romero. I was there. She skillfully and passionately defended the measure against all kinds of lame objections from her colleagues. This seemed to fuel opposition from right wing, anti-worker entities such as the Chamber of Commerce and the HiSpanic Chamber of

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