Santiago said for her, she’s worried about having benefits and finding affordable childcare.
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She said she works early mornings, and she pays a babysitter $55 for watching her two girls. Santiago said she too has come to work sick because she has never had a sick day, and adds that management would punish her if she took time off by taking away hours.
“There’s a great responsibility with the employers to fix the issues that concern the workers,” said Bernandez. “Give workers sick days, which is the law in Connecticut… This is a state property so a violation of the law, in a state property, it’s worse than anything else because where is the law going to be respected if it’s not over here?”