This year marks the 25th anniversary of the WI Family and Medical Leave Act. Big money corporate interests are lobbying Wisconsin legislators to take away the law that has protected the jobs of Wisconsin families when they’ve needed to care for their own or a...
Big money corporate interests are lobbying Wisconsin legislators to take away Wisconsin's Family and Medical Leave. Send a message to our State Legislature! Wisconsin's Family and Medical Leave Act protects working families from having to choose between the family they love and the job they...
9to5 California says "It's Time for a Raise." Did you know that 2/3 of minimum wage workers are women? That's 20 million women who need a raise - and another 10 million men. If the value of the minimum wage today was what it was worth...
9to5 California says "It's Time for a Raise." Did you know that 2/3 of minimum wage workers are women? That's 20 million women who need a raise - and another 10 million men. If the value of the minimum wage today was what it was worth...
As a Rhode Island resident, and member of 9to5, I thank the Rhode Island legislature for its work in passing the Temporary Caregiver Insurance bill. Thanks to the champions of the bill, Senator Gayle Goldin, Representative Elaine Coderre, and also the Senate President who strongly...
A new poll, just released by the National Employment Law Project (NELP), finds that 80 percent of Americans – including 62 percent of Republicans and 80 percent of Independents – support raising the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour and indexing it to the...
Check out The New York Times story that highlights 9to5 member Stacey C. and quotes 9to5's director of organizing. Yes, a lack of basic services (public transportation, quality schools, local businesses, community centers) in low-income segregated neighborhoods means that these working parents have additional...
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, ...
New 9to5 member Kim Schofield reflects on our recent Regional Leadership Retreat here in Atlanta....
We are pleased to announce that 9to5 is officially becoming a statewide organization, and we are having our kick off party and fundraiser to celebrate in Madison! Please join us for this special event where we will honor community leaders, introduce new activists, and thank...