"This is about simply setting the floor on what we all can agree is good corporate citizenship, about staying competitive as a nation."
"What does it say when Lesotho, Papua, New Guinea are implementing paid sick days to give their businesses and their entire nation a competitive edge? America still doesn't get it."
"Half of all private sector workers do not have a single paid day off that they can use for themselves or a sick family member."
"When working parents go to work sick, they risk infecting the entire workforce."
"I believe workers in America ought to have paid sick days. It is a basic matter of right and wrong."
"What does it say when Lesotho and Papua New Guinea are implementing paid sick days to give their businesses and their entire nation a competitive edge, yet America still does not get it?"
"Ultimately this issue as part of the larger health care debate going on right now."
"We are literally working ourselves to death."
"people need time to recharge their batteries."
"We know that infectious diseases like H1N1 can spread rapidly throughout the country when proper precautions are not taken."
"When working parents must go to work sick, they risk infecting their entire workplace."