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CP photo: Jared Wickerham Rich Fitzgerald at a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Life Pittsburgh event in McKees Rocks A week after Allegheny County Council passed a bill to provide paid sick days to workers of businesses and organizations that employ more than 25 people, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald has vetoed the bill. On March 9, the bill was passed by a 10-4 margin. In a statement, Fitzgerald said he supports the issue, but says the bill was passed the “wrong way” and that he believes it will have troubles if challenged in court. “It’s simply not fair to give employees in our county false hope that they’re protected when the process followed by Council jeopardizes that,” says Fitzgerald in a press release. “If we want to protect our residents, families, community, and public health, we must do thi

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