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Community leaders to Ford: Paid sick days should not be a corporate cash back scheme; workers need permanent protections

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Wednesday, March 1, 2023
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“It’s hard to comprehend that Premier Ford and his government have repeatedly ignored calls from frontline healthcare workers to legislate 10 paid sick days.

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  • “It’s hard to comprehend that Premier Ford and his government have repeatedly ignored calls from frontline healthcare workers to legislate 10 paid sick days.
  • But since it never renewed and no days were added, even these half a million workers are once again left without paid sick days.
  • “If the government is denying paid sick days to workers like me, then they are not addressing the crisis,” she said.
  • More and more US jurisdictions are implementing paid sick days based on their pandemic experience, including New Mexico, Colorado and Illinois.5
    Many OECD countries across the world already provide adequate paid sick days protection for workers.

Tennessee Performing Arts Center and Nashville Public Television partner to broadcast 'Walk Together Children: The 150th Anniversary of the Fisk Jubilee Singers' on Oct. 3

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Wednesday, September 29, 2021
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Walk Together Childrenwill premiere in Nashville on NPT at 9 p.m. CT on Oct. 3 in advance of the Fisk Jubilee Singers' "Jubilee Day" celebration on Oct. 6.

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  • Walk Together Childrenwill premiere in Nashville on NPT at 9 p.m. CT on Oct. 3 in advance of the Fisk Jubilee Singers' "Jubilee Day" celebration on Oct. 6.
  • "The legacy and exceptional artistry of the Fisk Jubilee Singers are at the heart and soul of Nashville.
  • "It is very exciting to see the collaboration between Tennessee Performing Arts Center and the Fisk Jubilee Singers develop beautifully into the production of Walk Together Children: The 150th Anniversary of the Fisk Jubilee Singers," says Dr. Paul T. Kwami, D.M.A., Fisk Jubilee Singers Musical Director.
  • TPAC is funded in part by support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Tennessee Arts Commission, and the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission.