Ending Workplace Harassment is Economic Justice
March 7, 2024
Since our founding, 9to5 has been organizing women against workplace sexual harassment, gendered perceptions of work responsibilities, and unequal career opportunities. After more than fifty years, many things have changed for women in the workplace but we continue to face ongoing and persistent sexual harassment that has a lifelong ripple effect on our ability to…
By Mica Whitfield
Letter to the Editor – The Importance of Paid Leave
February 23, 2024
Wisconsin resident Leah Hibl is a medical professional who has seen both sides of the paid leave crisis. A part of our Wisconsin Care Coalition’s Storytellers Cohort, Leah shared her perspective in a letter to the editor of the Sheboygan Press. To read her letter click HERE.
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Letter to the Editor – Wisconsin Needs Paid Leave!
February 23, 2024
A member of our Wisconsin Care Coalition’s Storytellers Cohort, shared her thoughts on the importance of having a Paid Leave program for ALL Wisconsin families. Read her letter to the editor of the Cap Times. Click HERE.
By Christina Thor
Voters Want Paid Leave – New Bill Delivers
February 22, 2024
Statistics show that nearly 76% of working people across Wisconsin, that’s nearly 2.4 million workers, do not have access to paid family and medical leave through their employer. That translates to more than 2 million Wisconsinites having to make difficult decisions between work and caring for their families. Voters across the state have made it…
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Survey Uncovers Dissatisfaction Among Working Women
February 9, 2024
In the fall of 2021, a national survey reported that one in three women had considered leaving the workforce or cutting back on their careers, a data point that Kimberly Kane found disturbing. To see what Wisconsin working women were thinking, Kane’s consulting firm commissioned a survey of their own and the results were stunning….
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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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Colorado Voters Say Yes To A Paid Family And Medical Leave Program
February 9, 2024
In 2020, Colorado voters approved a new paid family and medical leave law. Under Proposition 118, Colorado would require that employers provide 12 weeks of paid time off for childbirth and family emergencies. Eight other states and Washington, D.C., have created similar programs in the last two decades. For years business interests have paid leave measures,…
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We Stand in Solidarity with Wisconsin Unions
December 5, 2023
Recently, a group of unions representing public employees, including teachers, filed a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin Act 10. This law, signed the law in 2011 by former Republican Gov. Scott Walker despite some of the largest protests in state history, stripped collective bargaining rights from most public employees in the state. Forever changing the political landscape…
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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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