![]() Wrote a book called, We Are Here: Memories of Lithuanian Holocaust, and more. As I said, Ellen was one of the founders of the 9to5 movement, and for a time she was even a speech writer for the Clinton administration, wrote a play about her Aunt Jesse, a long time secretary who wore her hair like Jane Fonda, shagged, in a nursing home, and became a film called Beautiful Hills of Brooklyn. One of those women who built that movement is Ellen Cassedy, who wrote the book Working 9 to 5: A Woman’s Movement, A Labor Union, and An Iconic Movie. Who underwent sexual harassment, they were unpaid, as I just said, working in servitude at the whim of the mostly male bosses. And it was all inspired by the real 9 to 5 movement that organized women across America in a multiracial union of office workers and clerical workers, who are among the lowest paid and oppressed and most numerous. Now, that comedy took a serious look at the lives of clerical workers, women workers. “Working 9 to 5”, that was the famous song by the great Dolly Parton, created for a film we all love called 9 to 5, with Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton. I’m Marc Steiner, and it’s great to have you all with this once again. ![]() Marc Steiner: Welcome to The Marc Steiner Show here on The Real News. Ellen is also the award-winning author of We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust. ![]() Working 9 to 5 is her first-person account of this exciting movement, which began in the early 1970s, mobilizing women across the country to organize for rights and respect on the job. Now, almost half a century since 9 to 5’s beginnings, founder Ellen Cassedy joins The Marc Steiner Show to discuss her new memoir, Working 9 to 5: A Women’s Movement, a Labor Union, and the Iconic Movie.Įllen Cassedy was a founder and longtime leader of 9 to 5, the national association of women office workers. ![]() Their experiences inspired the 1980 film 9 to 5, starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton. Organizing women against workplace discrimination and harassment, 9 to 5 brought a new generation of white-collar women workers into the labor movement, and remains one of the largest organizations of women workers in the United States. In 1973 the organization 9 to 5 was founded as a national association of women office workers advocating for their rights. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |