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HAMDEN - Holding signs with slogans like ?No Coughing in Our Coffee? and ?No Viruses in Our Ventis,? the EverybodyBenefits.org campaign for paid sick days rallied outside a Hamden Starbucks at 2100 Dixwell Ave. last week to highlight the need for paid sick days legislation to protect the public health and workers. They protesters chanted ?Starbucks, you?re so wealthy, you can afford to keep us healthy.?
?It?s scary to know that I could be just one bad flu away from losing my job,? said Brandon Haas, a Starbucks employee. ?It?s hard enough making ends meet these days. So if employees like me gets sick, most likely, we?ll just pop an Advil and come in to work. There isn?t any other choice.?
Hundreds of thousands of workers in Connecticut lack paid sick days, with many concentrated in food service, retail and health care. Especially in difficult times like these no one should have to choose between their job and their health. When workers come to work sick, advocates say, it threatens not only the health of those workers, but also the public health.
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http://www.ctpostchronicle.com/articles/2011/04/24/news/doc4db48383a0076899599439.txt
?It?s scary to know that I could be just one bad flu away from losing my job,? said Brandon Haas, a Starbucks employee. ?It?s hard enough making ends meet these days. So if employees like me gets sick, most likely, we?ll just pop an Advil and come in to work. There isn?t any other choice.?
Hundreds of thousands of workers in Connecticut lack paid sick days, with many concentrated in food service, retail and health care. Especially in difficult times like these no one should have to choose between their job and their health. When workers come to work sick, advocates say, it threatens not only the health of those workers, but also the public health.
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http://www.ctpostchronicle.com/articles/2011/04/24/news/doc4db48383a0076899599439.txt