Growing up I watched my mother go to work every single day. She worked as a Provisional Specialist for Ohio Bell (now AT&T). For a long time I was like, “Wow, my mom has a great paying job with a fancy title”. She had a...
In response to the Aug 7th massive raid at a Koch Food plant, in Mississippi, by Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE), 9to5 Executive Director, Leng Leng Chancey, issued the following statement: “Yesterday’s raid at a food plant in Morton, Mississippi is yet another outrageous attack on...
In response to the mass shooting that targeted immigrants in El Paso, Texas this weekend, Leng Leng Chancey, 9to5 Executive Director, issued the statement below. Leng Leng is shown in this photo at an immmigrant rights march in Atlanta. The shots fired on immigrant families...
Check out this Op Ed by 9to5 Executive Director Leng Leng Chancey on how and why our pay equity conversations and policies need to focus on women of color and all people facing workplace disparities. "Pay equity is a real and persistent problem for all women,...
9to5 is the movement that inspired the hit movie and ever-popular anthem of the same name. For all of us who have hummed along, sung in the shower, or tapped our nails to Dolly Parton's chart-topper, here is one explanation of it's on-going popularity,...
9to5 was honored to be named as 'Coolest Charity in the World' on July 10th, for our decades of work on Equal Pay - in recognition of the new level of awareness brought to this issue by the US Women's Soccer National Team. ...
I’ll always remember the hat pin my grandmother gave me when I went away to college. It was meant to protect me from "boys who got too fresh". The signals I got from my earliest years were about my powerlessness, and the assumptions about what...
9to5 Colorado member Zoey Palmer is active in our campaign to pass the FAMLI Act - paid family and medical leave insurance legislation - in Colorado. This bill, as introduced in March 2019, would define family members for whom an employee could take paid leave...
9to5 Wisconsin members and the Keep Families First (KFF) Coalition held a legislative briefing June 20 to release a new report, “Analyzing Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance in WI: Possible Costs and Effects” by researchers at UW Madison LaFollette School of Public Policy. The report...
I am thankful for the opportunity to be a mother. Motherhood is absolutely amazing, but impossible sometimes too. I have a 6 month old and a 2.5 year old - both boys. It’s been hard to do meaningful work, meet their needs, fight the patriarchy (within...