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By David Hudson
White House Blog, January 15, 2015

Earlier today, President Obama took a quick trip to Charmington's Café in North Baltimore, Maryland to talk with three women -- Amanda, Vika, and Mary -- before he announced new steps his Administration is taking to help working families across the country.

As the President noted at the café today, 43 million Americans still don't get paid sick leave. "That means that no matter how sick they are, or how sick a family member is, they may find themselves having to choose to be able to buy groceries or pay the rent, or look after themselves or their children," he explained.

Amanda, part of the cooperative that opened Charmington's, is a proponent of providing paid sick leave, and paying above the minimum wage. She explained how that investment in employees pays returns, as employees are more productive and stay longer. ...

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