60 Years After Equal Pay Act Wage Gap Still Exists
February 9, 2024
60 years after the signing of the Equal Pay Act, women still only make 84 cents for every dollar men make. 9to5 Colorado Organizer Edith Mata speaks with CBS Weekend News about continues struggle for gender equality and equal pay. Watch. the full interview here.
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June Newsline: Reflections & Highlights from the month!
June 29, 2023
 It’s been a year since the Supreme Court turned over Roe vs. Wade causing a disaster for women of color, low-income women, and women with disabilities. As of this week, more than half of states have enacted abortion bans or will enact them soon, affecting 15 million women of color. But in that year…
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Equal Pay Legislation for Pride
June 5, 2023
No one should be discriminated against because of who they are, what they look like, or who they love. Yet in our country, LGBTQ+ people are continually discriminated against by politicians, employers, and even in their own communities. In 2023, transgender people have faced an onslaught of harmful legislation and community hatred that threaten their…
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May Newsline: Reflections & Highlights from the month!
June 1, 2023
Hi Friend, This month the FAMILY Act was reintroduced and as we prepare to enter pride month I am thinking about how we must continue to demand all families, no matter what their love looks like and whether or not they have a legal or biological relationship, are included in our policies. After yet another year of…
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9to5 Wrapped December Newsline: Reflections & Highlights from the year!
December 20, 2022
Hi friend, In these final days of 2022, I’m reflecting on the challenges and successes of this past year. Despite attacks on our reproductive freedom, the rising costs of everything, and ongoing challenges like lack of access to paid leave, you have continued fighting for a better future for women of color and our families. …
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Native Women’s Equal Pay Day
November 29, 2022
November 30th is Native Women’s Equal Pay Day signifying the day a Native Woman must work into the new year to make what a white, non-Hispanic man made the year before. Native Women earn just 51 cents for every dollar making them the second lowest-paid group. You can learn more about the Native Women’s pay…
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Five Salary Negotiation Tips to Help Get the Pay You Deserve
September 16, 2022
As Black women’s recovery from the pandemic continues to lag and the job market remains hot, there is an opportunity to increase the salaries of working women and close the pay gap. This year Black Women’s Equal Pay Day is September 19, 50 days later than in 2020 because Black women earned even less because…
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LGBTQIA+ Equal Pay Day
June 15, 2022
June 15th is LGBTQIA+ Equal Pay Day. Most Equal Pay Days are set on the day that a person with that identity would have to work into the new year to make as much as a white male did in the previous year. The truth is that the data to make this calculation for LGBTQIA+…
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9to5, National Association of Working Women partners with UKG Close the Gap Initiative to promote pay equity
March 18, 2022
9to5 receives equal pay advocacy and awareness grant award from technology leader UKG FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 7, 2021Contact: Kristin Kepplinger (212-255-2572 x109 or kristin@caminopr.com) ATLANTA — As a leader in the fight for women’s economic equity in the U.S. for nearly 50 years, 9to5, National Association of Working Women is furthering its commitment to building…
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Working women demand wage parity on Equal Pay Day
March 15, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMar.15, 2022Contact: Kristin Kepplinger (212-255-2572 or kristin@caminopr.com) ATLANTA — Tuesday, March 15, is Equal Pay Day, which spotlights the gender pay gap by marking the date that women must work into the next year to be paid what men were paid in the previous year. Leng Leng Chancey, the executive director of 9to5,…
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