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Article: Paid leave insurance gains worker favor
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- July 29, 2007
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LESLIE BRODY, STAFF WRITER
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
07-29-2007
Paid leave insurance gains worker favor -- Corzine promises support for bill
By LESLIE BRODY, STAFF WRITER
Date: 07-29-2007, Sunday
Section: NEWS
Edtion: All Editions
Series: LIVING WITH CANCER
Erik had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at 19. Friends and relatives scraped together all the money they could to help his blue-collar family cope with the bills, but that wasn't enough. His mother had to go back to her cafeteria job, even though it was clear Erik would not survive much longer.
Erik's "biggest fear was that he would die alone," says Peg Kinsell, his godmother. "His mom, my friend, had to leave her son during his last days on ...