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Nita Lowey: It is really shocking that more than 50 percent of American workers do not have one paid day if they are sick.

On the recordMarch 9, 2011
It is really shocking that more than 50 percent of American workers do not have one paid day if they are sick.
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Nita Lowey
Democratic · New York

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Lowey highlights the lack of paid sick leave for American workers.

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