Defend (and Understand) Your Transgender Members

[Omaha Steve]

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http://labornotes.org/2014/09/defend-and-understand-your-transgender-members


September 03, 2014 / Andrea Bowen

My building trades organizer friend didn’t exactly have the language, but he knew the worker was in trouble:

“She said she went to work looking like a woman, and the supervisor told her he didn’t want people like that working there.”

This was new territory for my friend—trying to help out a transgender worker—but he knew his job was the same as ever: protect her rights.




Pride@Work, the AFL-CIO's organization dedicated to helping lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender workers, can help a local make sure its transgender members feel safe and respected at the hall and at the workplace. Photo: Jim West/jimwestphoto.com. - See more at: http://labornotes.org/2014/09/defend-and-understand-your-transgender-members#sthash.qFzpDR42.dpuf

Transgender people are a workplace reality. And some unions, like the Communications Workers (CWA) and Service Employees (SEIU), have long advocated for transgender workers. - See more at: http://labornotes.org/2014/09/defend-and-understand-your-transgender-members#sthash.qFzpDR42.dpuf

FULL story at link.

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[il_lilac]

1. good article

It is plain and to the point. Our trans brothers and sisters are among the most discriminated. Kicking for exposure.

[damnedifIknow]

2. Top ten myths about transgenders

http://everydayfeminism.com/2012/08/myths-about-transgender-people/

People need to be educated about transgender people and then the discrimination will cease.