June 05, 2023
Alliance Joins Pleasure at Work in Celebrating LGBTQ+ Pleasure Month
The Alliance needs all of our members a Glad Pleasure Month this June!
The AFL-CIO’s LGBTQ+ constituency group, Pleasure at Work, affords a well timed reminder that LGBTQ+ folks nonetheless lack fundamental federal authorized protections within the office, making the LGBTQ+ group weak to current appalling and shameful actions by state legislatures. Nevertheless, the labor motion is combating again. And the very best device is a union contract. Union contracts are legally enforceable in each state. They defend LGBTQ+ staff from harassment, and might imply actual progress for staff and their households to realize retirement safety, well being care, financial savings and extra.
LGBTQ+ staff face retaliation and worry getting fired for standing with their co-workers. It’s arduous for staff to see the exact same firms that commemorate delight flip round and rent anti-union-busting consultants and deny their staff the promise of a union contract.
“Pleasure Month is a reminder that each one People of all ages need to stay and work with out worry of discrimination or violence,” stated Joseph Peters, Jr., Secretary-Treasurer of the Alliance. “We should all proceed to battle to ensure this can be a actuality for all.”
