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Rosa DeLauro: “Our failure to guarantee a minimum standard of paid sick days is a significant public health concern, as we witnessed…”

On the recordJune 10, 2009
Our failure to guarantee a minimum standard of paid sick days is a significant public health concern, as we witnessed during the H1N1 virus outbreak.
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Rosa DeLauro
Democratic · Connecticut

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Lack of paid sick days poses public health risks, highlighted by H1N1.

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