9to5: The Story of a Movement

9to5: The Story of a Movement

9to5: The Story of a Movement

Release date : 2020-06-23

Production country :

United States of America

Production company :

Chicken & Egg Films,

Independent Lens,

National Endowment for the Arts,

Fork Films

Status : Released

Durasi : 89 Min.

Popularity : 1.709

7.6

Total Vote : 8

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.