(audio) You know there’s still so much misunderstanding out there, whether it’s gay and lesbian people, whether it’s transgender people, the misunderstandings are different. There’s been a lot more work done on the gay and lesbian side; let’s be clear. We’re much less of a mystery to the average American compared to a transgender person. But the discrimination still happens. We’re still fighting it every day. In more than half of this country, workers work in a place where they could be fired for being gay if they don’t have a union contract.
That’s Jerame Davis, executive director of Pride At Work, on the latest episode of the AFL-CIO’s State of the Unions podcast. Catch it wherever you listen to podcasts. On today’s labor calendar, this month’s Metro Washington Council Delegate Meeting is tonight at 6:30 at the AFL-CIO; complete details on our website, dclabor.org. click on Calendar. In today’s labor history, twelve trade unionists met in Pittsburgh to launch a drive to organize all steelworkers on this date in 1936. It was the birth of the United Steelworkers of America (then called the Steel Workers Organizing Committee). By the end of the year 125,000 workers joined the union in support of its $5-a-day wage demand. Today’s labor quote is by Susan B. Anthony, who went on trial in Canandaigua, New York on this date in 1873 for casting her ballot in a federal election the previous November, in violation of existing statutes barring women from the vote. Susan B. Anthony, who said: “It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union...” Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. Summer is here, which means it’s time to take advantage of union members savings on theme and water park tickets. Visit unionplus.org/entertainment.
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