9to5 California

9to5, California is comprised of the Bay Area chapter, organized in 1999, and the Los Angeles chapter, organized in 2006.  We have an active 9to5 organizing committee in our capitol, Sacramento.  

Our mission is to improve the workplace for women through grassroots organizing on issues that directly affect women and their families:   equal pay, equal opportunity to achieve economic independence, family-flexible jobs, and an end to discrimination and harassment.  We campaign with our allies to win paid sick days for all, good jobs with good benefits, and protection from wage theft.

9to5 Bay Area
2302 Zanker Road,
San Jose, California 95131
Phone: 408-432-6044
Fax: 408-432-6044

9to5 Los Angeles
630 Shatto Place
Los Angeles, CA 90005
Phone: 213-201-7029
Fax: 213-389-1816

Please Sign Our Online Petition for Paid Sick Days in California.

E-Mail: cathyd [at] 9to5 [dot] org

Special Thanks to Our Funders

Agape Foundation - Fund for Nonviolent Social Change; Presbyterian (SDOP) - Committee on the Self-Development of People; Unitarian (UUFP) - Unitarian Universalist Funding Program; Southern California War Tax Resistance; Common Counsel Foundation, RESIST, People's Life Fund of Northern California

Widespread Wage Theft Threatens Working Families

It is a fundamental right to be paid when you work. But each year employers steal billions of dollars from millions of American workers through illegal practices known collectively as “wage theft.” In California, 9to5, National Association of Working Women, is doing something about wage theft. You can help! Read more

The End of Welfare as I Knew It

I’ll always remember the day President Clinton signed Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), or welfare reform, into law. It was August 1996, and I was reading the morning paper in Barstow, California, completing the last leg of a cross-country road trip I’d taken with my daughter to celebrate my finishing school.

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LA Chapter Fall 2011 Newsletter

9to5 LA Members on August Day of Action

9to5 welcomes our new Sacramento Chapter. We celebrate state legislative victories on Wage Theft Prevention and Law Protecting Pregnant Workers. Fall newsletter includes information about the Annual Fair Trade and Conscious Gifts Bazaar and an invitation to our December House Party.

Job Opening: Project Organizer-San Jose CA

Application Deadline: 
01/05/2011

9to5, National Association of Working Women seeks a part-time, short-term project organizer for its San Jose chapter.  9to5 is a grassroots membership organization, founded in 1973, which strengthens women’s ability to work for economic justice.  Our goals are to build leadership among low wage working women and to win improvements in workplace and public policy.  This project will focus on a wage theft campaign in Santa Clara County.

 

Bay Area Chapter Meeting

When: 11/19/2011 - 10:00am - 12:00pm PST

Local Bay Area Chapter meets 2nd Saturday of each Month - this month the meeting is on the 3rd Saturday

due to unavoidable conflicts.  9to5 invites all members and friends to attend.  Main agenda items include upcoming events planning:

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Refund California Demonstration

When: 11/09/2011 - 4:00pm - 6:00pm PST

Defend Public Services - Make Banks Pay!  RALLY WEDNESDAY 11/9 @ 4:00 PM

End the Free Ride!  Wall Street Corporations and the super-rich must pay their fair share.

In December the California legislature will decide on MORE CUTS TO healthcare, state colleges, public schools, public services. Make Banks Pay - not students, not working families, not unemployed in need of health care and social services.

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6th Annual Fair Trade & Conscious Gifts Bazaar

When: 12/10/2011 - 11:00am - 4:00pm PST

9to5 Los Angeles Chapter is hosting a table at this great bazaar, organized by Sonali Kolhatkar of KPFK's "Uprising" show and featuring hand-crafted sale items from the women of Afghanistan.  There will be fifteen vendors present.

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Know Your Workplace Rights

When: 11/02/2011 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm PDT

9to5 presents a free, interactive experience with chapter leaders Christina DeHaro and Joan Goddard to explore your workplace rights to

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9to5 Los Angeles Chapter Meeting

When: 11/13/2011 - 4:00pm - 6:00pm PST

L.A. Chapter meets monthly on the 2nd or 3rd Sunday of the month.
This month, gather at the home of Heather Holt to plan the upcoming House Party,  Holiday Bazaar tabling,
and end of year evaluation.  For more Information:  Heather Holt, 626-390-3268 or call the L.A. office, 213-201-7029.

 

Holiday Peace Fair

When: 12/03/2011 - 10:00am - 4:00pm PST

28th Annual Holiday Peace Fair, sponsored by the San Jose Peace & Justice Center and the Women's International League for Peace & Freedom. 

9to5 Bay Area Chapter is tabling for the 8th year!  WE NEED VOLUNTEERS because we are providing a delicious lunch for sale, and have several Women's Bean Project soups and other items for sale as well.

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