BONUS: Workin' 9 To 5

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Flexible hours for working parents, daycare centers at the office, equal pay. Between the 1960s and 1980s, there was a real sense that big workplace changes were just beyond the horizon.At the time a very common job for women was clerical work. And in 1973, a group of secretaries in Boston formed a women's labor organization. They called themselves the "9to5."Actress Jane Fonda then decided to turn the real life struggles of working women into a hit Hollywood movie. Starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and country singer Dolly Parton (who also wrote the famous theme song), 9 to 5 was one of the first movies focused on the lives of women in the workplace.Today on the show, we meet the women behind the movement that inspired the movie. And a look at how far we have — or haven't — come since then.

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0:00.0	Hey, consider this listeners. We have a weekend bonus episode for you.
0:03.7	Have you seen the movie 9-5? Yep, I'm talking about the one that features that
0:08.4	famous Dolly Parton song and Dolly Parton herself. Well, planet money host Sarah Gonzalez had not
0:14.8	yet seen it. So guest host, Senari Glinton, sat her down to take it all in. They talked about why
0:22.4	9-5 was so ahead of its time when it was released back in the 1980s. And how in some ways,
0:28.6	it still is. Senari Glinton and Sarah Gonzalez take it from here.
0:36.4	All right, so you have your snack? Okay, I have my snacks. And well, I actually have, I have a
0:42.1	chicken pot pie. A chicken pot pie as your movie snack? Yeah. I got string cheese, goldfish crackers.
0:50.8	And I haven't seen this film. That is going to change today because we are watching 9-5. The movie
0:57.6	during the workday, the way it was meant to be watched. Okay, ready? Three, two, one, play.
1:08.0	I don't even think I knew that 9-5, the song had a movie. I'm sorry, it was a song.
1:13.2	What you got a lot is, like, how long, opening credits, heck. I'm excited, I'm getting into it.
1:36.7	Well, welcome to the front lines. Lily Tomlin, I love her. Oh, I want to
1:43.1	ask you about my salary. Hujim Fonda looks so good. She always looks good. Mr. Hard, I've told you
1:50.8	before I'm a married woman. Dolly Barton is in it. This is her debut film. Okay, Sarah, here's
1:58.1	what you got to know about 9-5. Okay. It is truly a movie of its era. It's one of the first movies
2:05.3	that was set in the work world. It's about clerical workers, secretaries. A workforce which in 1980
2:12.1	was predominantly women. Most of the bosses were men, which lead to all sorts of problems.
2:18.6	Dolly Barton, please look ahead, I want you. I need you. Are you doing Mr. Hard?
2:24.7	A little sexual harassment in the workplace. Oh, it gets worse. So they've gotten to men being
2:32.3	promoted over women when they're not as qualified, getting coffee for the guy. What I love about this
2:37.9	film is that they take these issues and they handle them with comedy. The problems are played for
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