Category: Resolutions

More LGBTQ+ Representation in Government

Pride at Work members belong to a variety of labor unions and organizations, each with different approaches to political action and endorsements. Nevertheless, we each know all too well the discrimination that LGBTQ+ individuals both in the workplace and in society as a whole. We also understand that government can help to either perpetuate or … Read More

Supporting AFA’s Delta Organizing

Whereas Pride at Work recognizes the vital importance of organizing the unorganized; and Whereas Pride at Work’s growth as an organization is linked to its developing a national campaign to boost its visibility among working people; and Whereas Pride at Work already has chapters in many large urban centers that have a high density of … Read More

Support the Starbucks Workers National Organizing Drive

Organized Labor has rarely, if ever, witnessed a rank and file led national organizing drive such as the current effort of thousands of Starbucks workers, mostly youth-led, and affiliated with Workers United/SEIU and UNITE-HERE. Joint Boards. It would be tempting to support this union drive merely because there are so many LGBTQ+ workers at Starbucks. … Read More

LGBTQ+ Labor for Climate Justice

The climate crisis is an existential threat to all people that requires immediate action at a scale as massive as the emergency we’re up against, and we have a responsibility to play an active part in that fight as labor organizers, and as an LGBTQ+ community that faces disproportionate levels of harm. The science has … Read More

Supporting Amazon Organizing Efforts

Amazon currently has over a million employees in the United States, which means that 1 out of every 153 working people is employed at Amazon.This number does not even include the ever-growing number of workers who are technically employed by outside staffing firms, but in reality do the exact same work alongside the workers who … Read More

Supporting Reproductive Justice and Bodily Autonomy

Pride At Work has repeatedly stated our unequivocal support of reproductive justice and bodily autonomy for women and all child bearing individuals.We are committed to a quality health care system that meets the needs of all of its citizens and affordable abortion care is an essential component of this health care system. Since about three … Read More

Supporting the PRO Act

Pride At Work is fundamentally a labor-based organization dedicated to furthering the rights of LGBTQ+ workers.We are unabashedly pro-worker, and therefore pro-union. History shows that increased unionization has the power to dramatically decrease economic inequality and build broadly shared prosperity.This is especially true for workers that are a part of the LGBTQ+ community. Making the … Read More

Transgender Rights in Massachusetts

WHEREAS, Massachusetts voters will be voting in the first ever statewide ballot imitative to rescind current rights for transgender people to have protected access to public accommodations, including restaurants, bathrooms, stores, sports facilities, and other public spaces; and WHEREAS, Pride at Work exists to defend the rights of all LGBTQIA workers and community; and WHEREAS, … Read More

Resolution in Support of Boston Airport Workers

WHEREAS, two gay men who work at Boston Logan Airport recently filed complaints of anti-gay discrimination after enduring months of homophobic harassment on the job; and WHEREAS, their employer, Flight Services & Systems (FSS), took no known action to ensure the harassment stopped; and WHEREAS, the Massachusetts Port Authority, which runs Logan Airport, prohibits discrimination … Read More

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