Make a Difference this Fall: Intern with 9to5 Atlanta

November 10, 2012

9to5 Atlanta is proud to announce its 4th annual Community Internship Program (CIP). The CIP is an opportunity for members to learn how to organize around issues central to 9to5’s mission: ending employment discrimination, raising workers’ hourly wages, and passing flexible workplace policies.

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Stand with 9to5 to end the Death Penalty

October 29, 2012

9to5 knows that we will never achieve full equality and economic empowerment if we don’t combat all forms of oppression. In our commitment to end all forms of oppression, we are opposed to legalized state executions because of its inherent systemic race and class discrimination.

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Media Coverage: Yes: Women deserve pay fairness

October 25, 2012

In Milwaukee recently, low-wage workers, union members and community activists joined a National Day of Action to raise the minimum wage.

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Event: 9to5 Movie Night Presents “Sicko”

October 25, 2012

You are invited to attend screening of a documentary comparing the highly profitable American health care industry to other nations and HMO horror stories

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Cleveland Day of Action

October 22, 2012

For the Day of Action I talked to people in my community about 9to5 and about the importance of everyone having access to paid sick days. I also got them to sign pledge cards to support candidates who will fight for working families.

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Media Coverage: Binders Full of Women Come Up Empty

October 19, 2012

Women represent more than half of the electorate and nearly half the workforce. So you’d think that President Obama and Governor Romney, vying to win the women’s vote, would focus on pay equity and its direct link to a healthy economy. But no, it took a woman to raise the question just three weeks before the presidential election.

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Media Coverage: Give Poverty the Attention it Deserves in the Debate

October 5, 2012

It’s time we give poverty, particularly child poverty, the attention it deserves. A good place to start would be the first presidential debate in Denver on October 3.

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Media Coverage: Please, President Obama and Gov. Romney, no lip service on family values

October 2, 2012

Jessica Smith started a petition to get President Obama and Governor Romney talking about paid sick days and family leave insurance. Jessica knows a little something about the need for these policies. She suffered a stroke when she was 3 years old.

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Mother and Son Making a Difference with Just One Pen

September 24, 2012

9to5 held its third annual National Day of Action on August 26, Women’s Equality Day. In Atlanta, chapter volunteer Nicole Corley blogs about her experiences helping register voters at the Five Points MARTA Station.

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Media Release: Top 10 Ways to Rebuild the Middle Class

September 13, 2012

A day after the Census Bureau reported that family income is the lowest in 16 years, a new report provides a roadmap to increase wages and benefits for strapped working and middle-class families.

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