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The Public Health Impacts of AB 2716

The Public Health Impacts of AB 2716

May 2008, by Korey Capozza

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This study analyzes the potential public health impact of AB 2716, a bill that would extend paid sick days to all workers in California. It finds that AB 2716 will likely have a positive impact on public health, potentially reducing the transmission of illnesses such as seasonal influenza and norovirus.



Beyond the Mountaintop: King’s Prescription for Poverty
Black Economists Mark the 40th Anniversary of the Assassination

Beyond the Mountaintop

April 2008, by Steven C. Pitts and William Spriggs

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Beyond the Mountaintop: King’s Prescription for Poverty, by Steven Pitts of UC Berkeley and William Spriggs of Howard University, is a policy brief that analyzes African Americans’ economic progress over the last 40 years and uses Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of economic justice as the basis for policy recommendations to dramatically reduce poverty.


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FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2008
BOOK EVENT: BILL FLETCHER JR.
Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and a New Path toward Social Justice


JUNE 11-13, 2008
Join the Labor Center at this year’s Building Workforce Partnerships Conference.

JUNE 18-19, 2008
Strategic Research: A Workshop for Beginning Union Researchers and Graduate Students
Deadline: Monday, June 2, 2008

JULY 21-25, 2008
Strategic Campaings: A Workshop for Organizers and Negotiators
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