Media Coverage: Paid Family Leave Hot Topic at Labor Forum in Denver
April 16, 2014
Paid worker leave dominated the conversation Friday at The Denver Forum on Working Families, the first in a series of gatherings to promote labor-market reforms supported by the Obama administration.
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The Face of the Wage Gap: 9to5 Members Speak Out
April 8, 2014
9to5 members are speaking out, telling their personal stories of the wage gap. You can help! Take a few minutes to read these powerful stories, then share them with your friends and networks.
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Media Coverage: Working for a Second Chance
October 15, 2013
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution covered 9to5 Atlanta Organizer Marilynn Winn’s story of how she started the Ban the Box campaign, as well as our 40th Anniversary Celebration.
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Media Coverage: 9to5 is in The New York Times
September 23, 2013
Linda Meric, 9to5’s national executive director, was one of 115 arrested on Independence Avenue, protesting the failure of Congress to act on common sense immigration reform that provides a pathway to citizenship and values women.
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Tell Your State Legislator: Support WI Family Leave Insurance!
September 5, 2013
Send a message to our State Legislature! I support my legislature in passing Wisconsin’s Family and Medical Leave Insurance. No one should have to choose between the family they love, and missing a paycheck. It’s time to focus on policies that boost families and the community. Sign the petition!
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Media Coverage: 9to5 Member Speaks Out on Women’s Equality Day
September 3, 2013
If we want people to be responsible for the health and well-being of their families, in this failing economy, everyone’s focus should be on supporting that — not taking away commonsense laws that should never be in question. Workers need Wisconsin’s Family and Medical Leave Act.
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Media Release: 9to5 Stands with Fast-Food Workers in Nationwide Strike that Spans 50 Cities
August 30, 2013
9to5 marched, rallied and chanted in solidarity with fast-food workers, who walked off their jobs on Thursday, August 29, 2013, as part of the largest-ever strike to hit the $200 billion industry. Check-out some photos, video and media coverage from the #829strike!
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Action Alert: 50 YEARS AGO WE MARCHED ON WASHINGTON D.C.
August 22, 2013
Next week marks the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. That monumental event and the organizing that followed helped reshape our country and the economy. But we aren’t done yet. Call your Senators and Congressional Representative and tell them that, on this 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, we expect them to take action on the Voting Rights Act to protect the voting rights of all Americans.
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Media Coverage: Celebrate with 9to5: 40 Years of Winning Justice for Working Women
August 13, 2013
Read about 9to5’s incredible 40 year history in Working Mother Magazine and help us celebrate 40 amazing years!
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Media Statement: When Women Succeed, America Succeeds – An Economic Agenda for Women and Families
July 18, 2013
In the same spirit of the revolutionary women who united for women’s equality at the Seneca Falls Convention 165 years ago today, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and House Democratic women unveiled a new policy agenda that highlights some key women’s economic issues: equal pay, work and family balance, and access to affordable child care.
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