Paid Leave: A Permanent, Collective Solution When Our Whole World Is Changing

August 28, 2020

  The coronavirus has changed life as we know it. Many Georgia families are making tough decisions everyday – weighing whether or not it’s safe to return to work or school and trying to plan on how they’ll afford to pay their bills if they become sick.  I’m thankful that I can work from home,…

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After years of work, 9to5 Colorado celebrates new law providing paid sick days

July 13, 2020

DENVER – Today we celebrate the signing of the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (SB20-205). This is one of the most comprehensive paid sick days laws in the country, and we know it will provide much needed relief and security to Colorado’s workers. For over 20 years, 9to5 Colorado has advocated for better worker protections…

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#MeToo Comes to the Georgia Capitol

March 12, 2020

Georgia HB 1211, introduced March 5th, is a bi-partisan effort to extend protections against workplace sexual harassment to women who work for employers of less than 15 people.  9to5 Executive Director Leng Leng Chancey spoke in support of this bill in House Committee.  Here is her testimony: My name is Leng Leng Chancey and I…

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Breaking Barriers, Building Leadership

February 24, 2020

Caption: 9to5 Training Manager Allison Glass (far right) with members and staff of Refugee Women’s Network, a partner organization. 9to5 Georgia is now in its second year of funding, thanks to the Atlanta Women’s Foundation, providing workplace rights and leadership development training to low-wage women served by social service agencies, such as; Habitat for Humanity,…

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Valuing Family, Valuing Dignity and Respect

January 30, 2020

Photo: Young Social Justice Leaders in Training Pamela, with her nephew De’Angelo and daughters Sequoya (center), Lacy (right) I have always advocated for women and children,” says Pamela Grisham. “But it wasn’t until I got connected with organizations like 9to5 that I found out that there are whole organizations filled with women with the same…

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