Currently, 80% of Portland’s food service workers receive no paid sick days, a fact that may soon change.
Currently, 80% of Portland’s food service workers receive no paid sick days, a fact that may soon change.
Last week, four Portland restaurant owners—of Pine State Biscuits, Grain and Gristle, ¿Por Qué No?, and Mekong Bistro—penned a letter backing a proposal that would require every business with more than six employees to allow their workers to accrue up to five paid sick days annually.
City Commissioner Amanda Fritz submitted a draft of the proposal this month, something that unions and worker advocacy groups have long desired. The plan, which city council will hear on January 31, is similar to a policy passed last year by Seattle, which became only the third city in America to require paid sick days.
Read more at The Mercury.
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