Category: Press Releases

Press releases and other media advisories

Pride at Work Reaction to Ferguson Decision

For Immediate Release November 24, 2014 Contact: info@prideatwork.org   Pride at Work Reaction to Ferguson Decision   Washington, D.C. – Tonight, the grand jury in charge of investigating the shooting of Michael Brown announced it would not issue an indictment of Ferguson, MO officer Darren Wilson for Brown’s death. Pride at Work (P@W), the lesbian, gay, bisexual, … Read More

Pride at Work Announces Appointment of Jerame Davis as Executive Director

For Immediate Release September 22, 2014 Contact: info@prideatwork.org   Pride at Work Announces Appointment of Jerame Davis as Executive Director Washington, D.C. – Pride at Work, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) constituency group of organized labor, has selected Jerame Davis as the Executive Director for the organization going forward. Davis will continue his responsibilities at Pride … Read More

National LGBT Organizations Demand US Stop Negotiating TPP with Brunei

For Immediate Release June 12, 2014 Contact: Jerame Davis jdavis@prideatwork.org National LGBT Organizations Demand US Stop Negotiating TPP with Brunei WASHINGTON, DC – Today, several prominent national lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) equality organizations released a joint letter to President Obama demanding that the US cease further negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement with … Read More

Pride at Work Withdraws Support for ENDA with Religious Exemptions

For Immediate Release July 8, 2014 Contact: Jerame Davis jdavis@aflcio.org Pride at Work Withdraws Support for ENDA with Religious Exemptions In light of the recent Hobby Lobby decision at the Supreme Court, the Executive Committee of Pride at Work voted unanimously today to withdraw the organization’s support for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) with its … Read More

Audio of Press Call RE: Brunei and TPP

AUDIO AVAILABLE: Pride At Work Joins Rep. Mark Pocan and 118 Other Members Of Congress in Urging U.S. Secretary of State and U.S. Trade Representative to Boot Nation From Trans Pacific Partnership Talks  Washington, D.C. – Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis) and Pride at Work’s Co-President Shane Larson held a press call today to discuss how … Read More

Pride at Work Statement on the President’s Signing of an Executive Order Barring Discrimination against LGBT Federal Contract Workers

For Immediate Release June 16, 2014 Contact: Jerame Davis jdavis@prideatwork.org   Pride at Work Statement on the President’s Signing of an Executive Order Barring Discrimination against LGBT Federal Contract Workers WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the White House announced plans for President Obama to sign an executive order to protect employees of federal contractors from discrimination based on … Read More

T-Mobile: We Want Justice, Not Marketing

Pride at Work applauds T-Mobile for putting funds in support of the marriage equality fight in Washington state.  They should.  But if T-Mobile really supported full legal equality, they wouldn’t be fighting tooth and nail against their own workers efforts to form a union and have a voice on the job. If T-Mobile really supported … Read More

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