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Sign up todayWorking 9 to 5
A Women's Movement, a Labor Union, and the Iconic Movie
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Hillary Huber
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Length
7 hours 57 minutes
Language
English
9 to 5 wasn’t just a comic film—it was a movement built by Ellen Cassedy and her friends.
Ten office workers in Boston started out sitting in a circle and sharing the problems they encountered on the job. In a few short years, they had built a nationwide movement that united people of diverse races, classes, and ages.
They took on the corporate titans. They leafleted and filed lawsuits and started a woman-led union. They won millions of dollars in back pay and helped make sexual harassment and pregnancy discrimination illegal.
The women office workers who rose up to win rights and respect on the job transformed workplaces throughout America. And along the way came Dolly Parton’s toe-tapping song and a hit movie inspired by their work.
Working 9 to 5 is a lively, informative, firsthand account packed with practical organizing lore that will embolden anyone striving for fair treatment.
Ellen Cassedy was a founder of the 9 to 5 organization in 1973. She is the coauthor of 9 to 5: The Working Woman’s Guide to Office Survival (with Karen Nussbaum) and The 9 to 5 Guide to Combating Sexual Harassment (with Ellen Bravo). Cassedy has been a columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News, a speechwriter in the Clinton administration, and a contributor to HuffPost, Redbook, Woman’s Day, Hadassah Magazine, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and other publications.
Hillary Huber is a multiple Audie Award finalist, an Earphones Award winner, and an AudioFile Best Voice. She has recorded over three hundred titles spanning many genres and holds a bachelor's degree in English literature. A voracious reader and listener, she was raised in Connecticut and Hawaii but now splits her time between California and New York.
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“In her latest work, feminist trailblazer Ellen Cassedy takes us through her journey as a founder of the 9 to 5 movement…Their battles fought at the intersection of the women’s movement and the labor movement are even more relevant today, making Working 9 to 5 a must-read for any activist or reader in search of a piece of inspiration.”
“A fresh and timely resource for labor educators that underscores the power of workers to change conditions inside and outside the workplace.”
“This book provides a great model for organizing in 2022 and beyond!”
“The women of 9 to 5 were among the first in modern labor history to model the significance of community/labor partnerships…in building worker power and women’s power in the face of racial and gender discrimination. We are their legacy. And we owe it to them to continue the fight.”
“Exactly the right book at the right time.”
“This engaging book…gives a behind-the-scenes look at the organizing behind the 9 to 5 movement, and how it inspired a generation of women to stand up for themselves and their sisters for fairness on the job.”
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