Newsline March 2024
April 11, 2024
Reflections & Highlights from the Month! Hello friends! It feels a bit ironic that the first equal payday of the year also coincides with Women’s History Month. 9to5 has been fighting for over 50 years to close the gender wage gap, but it still persists, showing up across all jobs, geography, and education levels. While…
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Newsline February 2024
March 7, 2024
Hi Friend, We are in the thick of legislative session at the state and federal level and our teams are working tirelessly to advocate for policies that put people first. In Colorado we continue to fight for stronger renters rights, climate justice, and to ensure water quality for residents while at the same time our…
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The Economic Harms of Restricting Reproductive Freedom
March 1, 2024
Recently, we joined 60 other organizations to send a letter to Congress on how reproductive justice is an economic justice issue. Check out the full letter below. Dear Senator, We, the undersigned 61 organizations dedicated to economic justice and gender justice write in support of access to abortion and recognize that the freedom to control…
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Letter to the Editor – The Importance of Paid Leave
February 23, 2024
Wisconsin resident Leah Hibl is a medical professional who has seen both sides of the paid leave crisis. A part of our Wisconsin Care Coalition’s Storytellers Cohort, Leah shared her perspective in a letter to the editor of the Sheboygan Press. To read her letter click HERE.
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Voters Want Paid Leave – New Bill Delivers
February 22, 2024
Statistics show that nearly 76% of working people across Wisconsin, that’s nearly 2.4 million workers, do not have access to paid family and medical leave through their employer. That translates to more than 2 million Wisconsinites having to make difficult decisions between work and caring for their families. Voters across the state have made it…
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Report Spotlights Climate Justice Blind Spots for Colorado Families
February 9, 2024
Many Coloradans living in lower-income households are at higher risk of harm from climate change as well as environmental racism and injustice in their day-to-day costs of living. Senior organizer for 9to5 Colorado, Hannah Recht, shares sources of air and water pollution including highways, refineries and coal-fired power plants, which have been zoned for and…
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Survey Uncovers Dissatisfaction Among Working Women
February 9, 2024
In the fall of 2021, a national survey reported that one in three women had considered leaving the workforce or cutting back on their careers, a data point that Kimberly Kane found disturbing. To see what Wisconsin working women were thinking, Kane’s consulting firm commissioned a survey of their own and the results were stunning….
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Colorado Democrats Propose ‘Rent Stabilization’ for Mobile Home Parks
February 9, 2024
Dismayed by changes in local mobile home parks, State lawmakers from Northern Colorado are proposing a sweeping new bill that would include the first statewide mandate for rent stabilization, which is similar to rent control. The bill which would cap rent hikes on mobile home lots each year is a response to the influx of…
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The High Cost of Living in Colorado
February 9, 2024
While Colorado’s economy seems to be booming, many Coloradans are barely scraping by, or are faced with making big changes to their daily habits to afford living there. The portion of Coloradans listing the high cost of living as one of their “extremely or very serious” problems rose to 88% in 2022 from 63% in 2020,…
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House Bill Enables Local Governments to Consider Rent Control
February 9, 2024
In 2023, some state legislators are pushed to repeal the 1981 Colorado rent control. ban. The Repeal Prohibition Local Residential Rent Control repealed a provision in state law that prohibits rent control policies in the state of Colorado. Representatives Javier Mabrey and Elizabeth Velasco, along with Senator Robert Rodriguez, have sponsored the legislation. Mabrey says…
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