Milwaukee Chapter News

News, info, and updates from the 9to5 Milwaukee chapter.

Job Opening: Organizer I – Milwaukee Chapter Job Posting

9to5, National Association of Working Women seeks an experience organizer to fill a temporary position opening. 
 
Specific project tasks will include outreach, grassroots organizing, story collection, member recruitment and leadership development, setting up and conducting statewide public education events and meetings with policymakers, grassroots media, representation in coalitions and coordination with coalition partners and materials development.
 
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9to5 Milwaukee 2010 Board

9to5 Milwaukee's local member board was approved by member election, as of 2/15/10. 

Angie Grice: 9to5 is important to me because it motivates me as a young lady, mother, and scholar. I have been working for 6 years and have seen injustices that must be changed, and am now a weekly intern at 9to5. 9to5 is a community for working moms to ensure that we are all important.

 

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9to5 Milwaukee Real Work T-Shirts!

Join 9to5! Buy one T-Shirt for $25 dollars and become a 9to5 member today!

Front: “Real Work for Real Families=Real Recovery”
Back: “Don’t Let the Big MMAC Steal Milwaukee’s Paid Sick Days!”

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Domestic Violence Prevention ... All of us Deserve Time to Care

 By Sheila Conley

On October 1 – the start of this country’s observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month – I am reminded that Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett was attacked by another man and had to stay in the hospital for two days.

As the mother of a domestic violence survivor, I know that many people suffer domestic abuse daily. But, unlike Mayor Barrett, many of these survivors have neither paid time off work nor the access to health care.

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Fun at Labor Fest

9to5 members and volunteers a part of festivites in Milwaukee this Labor Day.  Seen here on the left, board members begin to cut loose after a productive afternoon of signing people up for statewide efforts to get paid sick days for all workers.  The Big mMAC (Metropolitian Milwaukee Association of Commerce) burger crashed the parade, scaring kids, hipos, and workers alike.

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Judge's Decision Won't Stop Paid Sick Days

 Milwaukee - Supporters of paid sick days in Milwaukee expressed confidence in the legality of the ordinance passed by nearly 70% of voters last November and pledged to continue their fight, both through the courts and in Congress.

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Key Points in Brief Filed by Milwaukee 9to5 On the Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

MMAC is trying to disguise a policy disagreement as a legal argument. This case rests on legal points, not policy debates. There is no basis for a temporary injunction as MMAC cannot show irreparable harm. Nor can they meet the required showing of a likelihood of success on their claims:

 
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Who Owns Milwaukee? Paid Sick Days Debate

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So who owns Milwaukee? Voters or Corporate Lobbyists? Watch this debate with 9to5 and the MMAC.
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The REAL Scrooge (MMAC)...

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You thought you knew who Mr. Scrooge was. Let us introduce you to the real scrooge. Introducing the Milwaukee Metropolitan Association of Commerce!  We taxpayers have worked long and hard to build this city, and now Scrooge is trying to take away Paid Sick Days. Let's stand together and show Scrooge what Christmas is really about!