Colorado’s Fight For Affordable Transit Continues

January 25, 2018

Hear Jenee Donelson, 9to5 Transit Organizer, speak about RTD’s backwards priorities on a recent Colorado Public Radio story! 9to5 Colorado has been organizing for nearly 4 years to push public transit authorities to provide riders who make 200% of the poverty line a transit pass that would be 50% the cost of regular fares (similar to a senior…

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Colorado Minimum Wage Increases to $10.20!

January 24, 2018

9to5 helped lead the fight to increase the minimum wage because WOMEN make up the majority of minimum wage workers across the country, and Black and Latinx women are significantly over-represented in low-wage work!

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Trabajadoras Together

November 2, 2017

On average, Latinas who work full time, year round make only 54 cents to every dollar made by white, non-Hispanic men. I’m the sole provider for myself and my four kids. Why should I have to work two jobs just to earn what a man can bring in working one job?

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2018 DORA Sunrise Review: Manufactured Housing Community Owners and Managers

October 1, 2017

The Colorado Coalition of Mobile Homeowners submitted an application to the Department of Regulatory Affairs highlighting the negative impacts of the actions of mobile home park owners and operators (landlords of mobile home parks) and called for a review of the industry and its lack of regulations. This is the copy of the DORA’s final…

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MEDIA RELEASE: 9to5 Colorado Leaders and Partner Organizations Take Action for Renters’ Rights & Affordable Housing

September 19, 2017

Community members from Denver, Aurora, Westminster, and Commerce City will be coming together to participate in the National Renter’s Week of Action alongside other affiliates of the Right to the City Homes For All campaign. These impacted community and non-profit organizations behind the following local actions are all part of a statewide coalition called Colorado Homes For All, which was formed as a response to the national and local housing crisis.

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MEDIA STATEMENT: 9to5 Celebrates Paid Leave Victory

April 28, 2017

The Colorado 2017 Family And Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) Act has passed out of the House! After two previous attempts, this is the first time the widely supported proposal for paid leave has passed out of one of the state legislative chambers.

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Republican Repeal of ACA Gives $600 billion in Tax Breaks To the Wealthy and Big Corporations

April 19, 2017

DENVER – State Senator Rhonda Fields joined homecare providers, health care advocates, doctors and people who depend on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for health care on tax day to release a joint report from Americans for Tax Fairness and Health Care for America Now (HCAN). The report, Republican Health Care Repeal Plan: Tax Cuts for the Rich, Health Care Cuts for Everyone Else, details how the Republican plan to repeal the ACA would give billions in tax breaks to wealthy households, insurance companies and drug manufacturers, paid for by cutting the health care of low- and moderate-income families.

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CO Working Families Rally, Testify for FAMLI

April 10, 2017

Friday, April 7, 2017 Contact: Katie Reinisch, 303-653-1009, katie@progressive-promotions.com Neha Mahajan, 303-628-0925, neha@9to5.org Tuesday at Noon: Working Families Rally, Testify for FAMLI   DENVER – Midday Tuesday, the CO FAMLI coalition — a diverse group of business owners, health professionals, women and children’s advocates, worker organizations and community members — will rally at the capitol…

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9to5 Supports New FAMLI Bill Creating Paid Family And Medical Leave Insurance for Caregivers

March 31, 2017

9to5 Colorado welcomes the introduction of the Family And Medical Leave Insurance Act (FAMLI) which will enable employees to stay afloat financially while caring for their health and their families and also protect businesses’ ability to retain reliable, productive workers.

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Fighting (and winning!) for the right to be pregnant on the job

March 30, 2017

Christina from Colorado shares how employers endanger pregnant workers by refusing to allow basic accommodations — and ultimately how this impacts the wage gap.

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