Women’s Enews Op-Ed: Women’s Voices Matter in Elections
October 6, 2014
Too many women are more likely to know where the fireworks are held in July than how or when to cast a vote in November. And our democracy depends far more on this latter information.
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Denver Post Op-Ed: Home Care Work is Skilled Work
September 21, 2014
Home care workers — the majority of whom are immigrant women — are not considered “skilled” workers by our immigration system the way that Silicon Valley engineers are, but their work is vital to our families and our nation’s economy.
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CBS News: Fast Food Workers Strike, 3 Arrested
September 9, 2014
*9to5 marched alongside fast food workers and home care workers in a national strike demanding $15 an hour and the right to form a union. DENVER (AP/CBS4) — Fast food workers in Denver are participating in a national strike to win $15 an hour wages, and three people were arrested when they sat down…
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Member Op-Ed: On Women’s Equality Day, a Call for Paid Leave
August 26, 2014
Across the nation, women like myself struggle to make a living. We struggle to care for and provide for our families. We risk job and income loss when faced with illness or the need for maternity leave.
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Huff Post: Women’s Equality Day: Voices Unite to Say #WEMatter
August 26, 2014
Women’s Equality Day, August 26, celebrates the anniversary of the day Congress stopped denying women the right to vote: a key moment in our history brought about by women organizing to demand equal rights under the law.
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Huff Post: Mom’s Equal Pay Day Highlights How Far We Still Have to Go
June 12, 2014
Sunday may be Father’s Day but June 12 is Mothers’ Equal Pay Day, recognizing how far into 2014 moms must work to earn the same wages that fathers made in 2013 alone. On average, full-time working moms make only 69 cents to every dollarearned by full-time working dads.
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Colorado Transit Campaign Update
May 29, 2014
Members and allies have shared their stories at four different RTD Board Meetings. We’ve met with RTD Staff and Board members encouraging them to make community input a focal point of the fare evaluation.
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Paid Medical Leave Bill Earns Plenty of Media Coverage
May 7, 2014
9to5 Colorado is proud of the momentum gained on this bill, and we are hopeful about the bill’s potential for next year. Check out all the great media coverage.
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Media Coverage: 9to5 Atlanta’s Charmaine Davis discusses the wage gap on GPB’s On The Story
April 25, 2014
9to5 Atlanta Chapter Director Charmaine Davis discussing the wage gap on Georgia Public Broadcasting’s “On The Story.”
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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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