Sick Leave Issue Will Likely Go to Voters <> Group Wants Milwaukee; Firms to Pay Workers for Time Off

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For nearly a century, Wisconsin voters have had the power to go over the heads of aldermen and village trustees by enacting municipal ordinances at the ballot box.

That little-known power hasn't been used often, but now Milwaukee residents are likely to get their chance to become lawmakers.

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Sick Leave Issue Will Likely Go to Voters <> Group Wants Milwaukee; Firms to Pay Workers for Time Off

A coalition led by 9to5, the National Association of Working Women, has mounted a petition drive demanding an ordinance to require the city's private-sector employers to provide paid sick leave for their workers, and to let those workers take sick days to care for ailing family members. City Clerk Ron...

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