
9to5: The Story of a Movement
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Documentary
2020
89 min
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In the early 1970s, a group of secretaries in Boston decided that they had suffered in silence long enough. They started fighting back, creating a movement to force changes in their workplaces. This movement became national, and is a largely forgotten story of U.S. twentieth century history. It encapsulates a unique intersection of the women’s movement with the labor movement. The awareness these secretaries brought to bear on women’s work reverberates even today. Clericals were the low-wage workers of their era. America now confronts the growing reality of deep income inequality. The stories and strategies of these bold, creative women resonates in contemporary America.
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""They couldn’t kill their bosses, so they did the next best thing — they organized.
When Dolly Parton sang “9 to 5,” she was doing more than just shining a light on the fate of American working women." ----------This is about Boston secretaries in the 70's taking a stand about work place abuse & difference between sexes. Sadly women and fellow humans with skin color other than white, ethnicities, cultures, & religious beliefs still don't get equal pay."