On September 17, 2024, the Department of Labor Women’s Bureau will host an in-person screening of Still Working 9 to 5, in collaboration with the film’s creative team, at the U.S. Department of Labor Frances Perkins Building in Washington, D.C. from 4:30 PM – 8:30 PM EST. After the screening, there will be a post-screening talkback panel moderated by Acting Secretary of Labor Julie A. Su, featuring Camille Hardman and Gary Lane (Still Working 9 to 5 Filmmakers), Fatima Goss Graves (CEO of the National Women’s Law Center), Karen Nussbaum (Organizer, Co-Founder of 9to5, Former Director of the U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau), Claudia Nachega (Youth Advocate and Young Feminist Party Deputy Executive Director), and other labor leaders. The panel will discuss many of the important themes included in the film and the past, present, and future of the fight for gender equity and equality at work.

When the original 9 to 5 film was released in 1980, it contributed to a cultural and societal movement that shed light on many of the inequitable and unjust realities that working women in the United States were experiencing in the workforce for decades. These issues—such as pay inequity, occupational segregation, sexual harassment, discrimination, and lack of access to quality and affordable care—are still present in the workplace to this day. Still Working 9 to 5 examines this 40-year evolution of gender inequality and discrimination in the workplace since the release of the original film, overlayed with how women’s movements and labor movements have been driving progress in the United States. The Women’s Bureau is honored to be in collaboration with the Still Working 9 to 5 team to host this screening and talkback that will center on the important role of the labor movement and public policy in strengthening our workplaces, our economy, and our democracy as a whole. 

If you are able to join us in-person on September 17, 2024, at the Frances Perkins Building in Washington, D.C., please register using this link no later than September 15, 2024. Space is limited, so we encourage you to register early: links-2.govdelivery.com.

August 6, 2024

Today, following Vice President Kamala Harris’ selection of Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, the AFL-CIO announced our enthusiastic support for the Harris–Walz ticket.

“By selecting Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, Kamala Harris chose a principled fighter and labor champion  who will stand up for working people and strengthen this historic ticket,” said AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler. “We know that Gov. Walz will be a strong partner in the Harris White House, fighting every day to improve the lives of workers in communities across America. Gov. Walz isn’t only an ally to the labor movement, but also our union brother with a deep commitment to a pro-worker agenda. 

“The labor movement stands united behind the Harris–Walz ticket, and we are ready to help lead the effort to defeat Donald Trump, JD Vance, and their anti-worker Project 2025 agenda in November.” 

Background: 

Gov. Tim Walz is a former public school teacher and union member who has proven that a pro-worker agenda is a winning agenda, especially in competitive states. He has delivered on a comprehensive, pro-union legislative package and created the gold standard for state governments aiming to do right by workers. 

We know Walz will deliver for working people across the country as vice president, just as he has throughout his career. Gov. Walz has enacted some of the most pro-worker packages of legislation of any state in the country, including laws to: 

• Guarantee paid family and medical leave and mandate paid sick days.
• Prohibit noncompete clauses.
• Bar employers from holding anti-union captive audience meetings.
• Strengthen protections for meatpacking workers and Amazon warehouse employees. 
• Strengthen the collective bargaining power of teachers’ unions, including allowing bargaining over educator-to-student classroom ratios. 
• Create a statewide council to improve conditions for nursing home workers. (The Guardian, 6/7/23 and Minnesota Reformer, 5/17/23)

Gov. Walz also has:

• Reached a historic deal with Uber and Lyft that amounts to a 20% increase in driver pay and provides statewide wage and worker standards, even in the face of threats from Uber and Lyft to end service in Minnesota.
• Invested $2.6 billion in much-needed infrastructure projects that create good, family-supporting jobs that pay prevailing wages.
• Issued Executive Order 23-07, which established the Governor’s Committee on the Compensation, Wellbeing, and Fair Treatment of Transportation Network Company Drivers.

Contact: Steve Smith, 202-637-50