Bill seeks to cover fewer workers with paid sick leave recently approved by Alaska voters

Joelle Hall, president of the Alaska AFL-CIO, and other advocates carry boxes of signed petitions for a pro-labor initiative for delivery to the Alaska Division of Elections on Jan. 9, 2024. Voters passed the initative in November. To go into effect on July 1, it increases workers’ minimum pay, mandates paid sick leave and ensures that workers are not required to hear employers’ political, religious or anti-union messages. Hall said she and others who campaigned successfully for the