For Immediate Release September 5, 2017 Contact: Jerame Davis – jdavis@prideatwork.org Pride at Work Responds to the Trump Administration’s DACA Announcement Washington – Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Tuesday that the Trump administration will rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, putting more than 800,000 young immigrants at risk of deportation. Executive Director […]
For Immediate Release August 14, 2017 Contact: Jerame Davis – jdavis@prideatwork.org Pride at Work Condemns Acts of White Supremacy in Charlottesville, VA Washington – Pride at Work stands firmly against all forms of white supremacy and terrorism in this country and around the world. What we saw on Saturday in […]
For Immediate Release July 26, 2017 Contact: Jerame Davis – jdavis@prideatwork.org Pride at Work and Union Veterans Council React to Transgender Service Ban Washington – President Trump announced today that he will issue an order to ban transgender Americans from serving in the military. Pride at Work and Union Veterans Council issued […]
For Immediate Release April 5, 2017 Contact: Jerame Davis – jdavis@prideatwork.org Pride at Work Reacts to Ground-Breaking Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Ruling on Sexual Orientation Discrimination Washington – On Tuesday in a ground-breaking 8-3 decision, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that employment discrimination on the basis of […]
MEDIA ADVISORY WEDNESDAY: REP. MARK TAKANO AND LGBTQ EQUALITY GROUPS HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE ON LGBTQ CONCERNS ABOUT TRUMP’S NOMINEE FOR LABOR SECRETARY, ANDREW PUZDER DETAILS: Pride at Work and Equality Federation will be joined by Rep. Mark Takano for a press conference on Capitol Hill to discuss the LGBTQ ramifications of Andrew […]
For Immediate Release February 2, 2017 Contact: Jerame Davis – jdavis@prideatwork.org Pride at Work Reacts to Leaked Religious Exemptions Executive Order Draft Washington – Last night, a draft leaked of a potential executive order that would extend broad religious exemptions that amount to a license to discriminate against LGBTQ people. […]
For Immediate Release January 25, 2017 Contact: Jerame Davis – jdavis@prideatwork.org Pride at Work Condemns New Anti-Immigrant Executive Orders Washington – Today at the White House, the President announced several executive orders that deny entry to the United States for citizens of certain countries, authorizes the construction of a wall at the […]
For Immediate Release January 24, 2017 Contact: Jerame Davis – jdavis@prideatwork.org Pride at Work Reacts to TPP Withdrawal Washington – On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order removing the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, which Pride at Work has opposed for more than two […]
For Immediate Release December 8, 2016 Contact: Jerame Davis – jdavis@prideatwork.org Pride at Work Reacts to Secretary of Labor Nomination Washington – In another case of putting the fox in charge of the chicken coop, today Donald Trump named Andrew Puzder as the Secretary of Labor for his Administration. Puzder is […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: December 2, 2016 CONTACT: Jerame Davis, 202-637-5014, jdavis@prideatwork.org WALMART SETTLES CLASS-ACTION SUIT ALLEGING ANTI-LGBTQ BIAS Washington, DC — Making Change at Walmart (MCAW), the national campaign to change Walmart into a more responsible employer, along with Pride at Work and UFCW OUTreach, a constituency group dedicated to building mutual support between the […]