WHY NOT PAID SICK LEAVE FOR THE MINIMUM-WAGERS?

Forget paid vacations and accruing sick leave the old-fashioned way: Where we all have to bust our butts years on end to accumulate enough hours for a rainy day.

Why not get all our respective employers to start giving us paid sick leave without any strings attached--like they have in Washington D.C.?

If they can't give us decent healthcare packages with our low-end jobs, at least give us the option of handing us paid sick-leave.

Please?

That way, employers don't have to drive up the costs of paying out of the nose for expensive healthcare insurance.

Think about how much it costs for company health insurance premiums over the long-term versus a few days or a week's worth of paid sick leave.

Think about how much that will save our employers every year!

Yes, we may lose some worker productivity, but it sure as heck beats the alternative!

On behalf of all minimum-wage workers here in the state of Washington, I implore our employers and corporations alike to think about it.

Please...just think about it.

Schuyler Thorpe

xxxth Street xx #X001

Everett, WA 98204

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