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Lynn C. Woolsey: “Currently, millions of workers go to work when they are sick, as I said, because they can't afford to stay home.”

On the recordJune 10, 2009
Currently, millions of workers go to work when they are sick, as I said, because they can't afford to stay home.
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Lynn C. Woolsey
California

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Woolsey highlights the issue of sick workers unable to take leave due to financial constraints.

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