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Wiki Education assignment: HIST 121 - U.S. History since 1877

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Added Headings, provided more information about the 9to5 members, provided citation that was missing, and re-organized layout to make the article flow better. Junipurr2022 (talk) 18:21, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Wiki Education assignment: HIST 121 - U.S. History since 1877

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History

I added a section to discuss what led the women and leaders of the movement to want to create a change Bbgmj (talk) 14:56, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hearing on Working Conditions of Women Office Workers

Added a section to discuss the bill they wrote and created for the benefit of them working in the office to create a more fair and better working environment Bbgmj (talk) 14:57, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hearing on Working Conditions of Women Office Workers

Found and added a source to "One of the organization's earliest victories included a class-action suit filed against several Boston publishing companies that awarded the female plaintiffs $1.5 million in back pay. In 1975, the founders of 9to5 joined with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and formed Local 925 of the SEIU in Boston in order to help office workers gain access to collective bargaining rights." Bbgmj (talk) 14:57, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Continued Efforts

Found and added source to "Among other issues, 9to5 actively promotes workplace policies such as paid sick leave, equal pay, and an end to discrimination for hiring or firing based on gender or sexual orientation. 9to5 additionally staffs a Job Survival Helpline to give support to women facing difficulties or challenges in the workplace. The gender wage gap was never completely closed by the end of the century but the tolerance of working in the office for women became bearable. Their jobs were no longer demeaning and women experienced far less sexism." Bbgmj (talk) 14:58, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Development and Influence

Added more information to the idea that creating a labor organization group was not the original goal of the movement. Bbgmj (talk) 14:58, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

History

The newsletter was 9to5: Newsletter for Boston Area Office Workers - meant for all workers not just women. Edited so the newsletter had the correct name as it was wrong before. Bbgmj (talk) 14:58, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Continued Efforts

Talk about movement did not completely create equality but made working conditions as a female more tolerable Bbgmj (talk) 14:58, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

National Secretaries Day

Added a section to discuss national secretaries day and what it meant for the 9to5 movement. It was instrumental in gathering women together to discuss the inequalities between women and their bosses Kac1418 (talk) 13:27, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tactics

Added a section about the tactics used during the 9to5 movement. Discussed lawsuits, petitions, "worst-boss contests". Highlighting the unprofessional behavior of bosses Kac1418 (talk) 13:28, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tactics

Under the tactics section the term "office-maid" and "office-wife" were defined in order to highlight the derogatory names women in the office were called. Kac1418 (talk) 13:31, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Local 925

Added a section on Local 925 and how it helped women establish insurance and banking as well as an end to discriminatory pay. Kac1418 (talk) 13:32, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

History

Under the History section, a discussion about the Equal Pay Act and the EEOC and how it helped 9to5 was added. A source was added to support the section. Discusses how past laws were not necessarily helping women in the workplace. Kac1418 (talk) 13:36, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sexual Harrassment

Sentence, "Sexual harassment was first coined by a radical feminist activist Lin Farley, when she encountered and learned about the Carmita Woods case." was adjusted to be more gramatically acceptable. Kac1418 (talk) 13:39, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Continued Efforts

Sentence, "The organization effectively used the media and lobbied legislators as part of a campaign to warn the public of the health dangers of video display terminals (also known as VDTs) and has also used the media to draw attention to several sexual harassment cases in the 1990s." was split into two sentences to eliminate it from being a run-on Kac1418 (talk) 13:45, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Outline of proposed changes

Minor edit - Fix grammar/wording: "Their organization strived to close the gaps, both wage and opportunity, between men and women and wanted to mend the relationships and males and females in the workplace to one that was focused co-existing rather than one that was dominated by men." DONE (Mackenzie)

Minor edit - Fix grammar/wording: "Before the development of the movement, there had already been some laws passed to eliminate sex-based discrimination in the workplace. These laws being the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. For example, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) which prohibited discrimination in the workplace based on sex or sexual orientation." DONE (Mackenzie)

This paragraph is currently in the "Tactics" section. Maybe find a better spot for it? And fix grammar/wording: "Between Nussbaum and Cassedy developing the idea of creating a labor organization group was not the goal. Originally, they set out to help stand with women in social struggles and antiwar movements. When they ran low on money while helping fight these struggles, they got jobs as secretaries and saw first hand the mistreatment of women, bringing this new idea of a labor organization to Harvard, forming the Women Office Workers at Harvard." DONE (Mackenzie)

The "Local 925" section repeats information that was already talked about in the "Hearing on Working Conditions of Women Office Workers" section. Could we consolidate so all the information about Local 925 is in one place?

Minor edit - Fix grammar/wording: "In the beginning, movement 9to5 were mostly a middle-class women, who were fighting more so for liberal rights than "feminist" rights." DONE (Mackenzie)

This paragraph could use some fixing: "Even though 9to5 was focused on racial injustice, in the beginning 9to5 organizers were more focused on the "equal opportunities" for both genders, but were not focused as much on women of color or poor working class. When 9to5 movement started to be more popular around the United States, 9to5 organizations in different cities started to pair Black and white organizers together for better leadership and closer point of view. In 1980s, 9to5 uncovered that Black women worked in low-paid office jobs in Cleveland, Ohio. 9to5 then helped to build racially diverse organizations, which helped Black women overcome the White despite at many organizations and 9to5 started to gain national wide attention." DONE (Sophia)

Clean up this paragraph: "In 1987, 9to5 had a big influence on the Job Retention Project, where this project helped to mentor employees in the office [citation needed]. Other major organizations, such as Job Retention Project, provided educational resources about employees' struggles such as The Job/Family Challenge: A 9to5 Guide (1995) by Ellen Bravo." DONE (Mackenzie)

Minor edit - Fix grammar/wording: “About a year later, the newsletter's publishers announced the formation of Boston 9to5, a grassroots collective for women office workers that addressed issues such as low pay, lack of opportunities for advancement, sexual harassment in the workplace, and overall respect for them.” DONE (Sophia)

Minor edit - Clean up this paragraph and fix grammar/wording: "Women that were members of the 9to5 movement gathered together in meetings to discuss their goals as part of the organization and movement. Between two meetings, the group had several women leave because they did not believe their needs were going to get met through this bill they were writing to get passed. During these meetings, women worked together to write the Bill of Rights for Women office workers. African American women wanted a priority set to provide childcare for their children during the workday. Founders of the 9to5 movement chose not to include this in their list of conditions for women in the workplace because they did not believe they could win childcare. In April 1974, hundreds of women witnessed the group stand and testify at the "Hearing on the Working Conditions of Women Office Workers" in Boston. This Bill was then signed and brought women and workers rights for descriptive, written job descriptions, salary reviews, and respect in the office. This also required the equal benefits between men and women. Eventually this win would bring more fight for higher and equal pay and wages." DONE (Sophia)

Minor edit- One of the organization's earliest victories included a class-action suit filed against several Boston publishing companies that awarded the female plaintiffs $1.5 million in back pay. In 1975, the founders of 9to5 joined with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and formed Local 925 of the SEIU in Boston in order to help office workers gain access to collective bargaining rights. DONE (Sophia) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sstanley52 (talk • contribs) 19:20, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]