No one should have to choose between their health and their paycheck. Last November, nearly 75% of Nebraska voters agreed by supporting Initiative 436 to approve paid sick leave for all workers. Now, members of the Nebraska Legislature are looking to overturn the will of voters and exempt certain workers in Nebraska from being able […]
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When Nebraskans went to the ballot box in 2022, we voted to gradually raise our state’s minimum wage to $15 per hour by January 2026 — and to automatically adjust it for cost of living increases starting in 2027. Despite nearly 60% of Nebraska voters supporting this change, the Nebraska Legislature now seeks to undermine
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For everyone to have access to the good life, we must ensure that Nebraska workers are paid a living wage. That’s why the minimum wage increase passed overwhelmingly on the ballot — and why we must now all fight to protect it. When Nebraskans went to the ballot box in 2022, we voted to gradually
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Last November, voters across Nebraska overwhelmingly passed Initiative 436, a citizen-led ballot initiative that will give all workers the ability to earn and use paid sick leave – without retaliation from their employers. This voter-approved law goes into effect on October 1, 2025. Nearly 75% of Nebraskans approved Initiative 436. That includes voters in 89
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Today, the Secretary of State confirmed that the Paid Sick Leave for Nebraskans ballot initiative is the first to have qualified for the November 2024 ballot! Right now, more than one-third of full-time workers and more than three-quarters of part-time workers—approximately 250,000 workers statewide—have no access to paid sick leave to take care of themselves
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