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A seven-year-old Black girl was shot while sitting in the McDonald’s drive-thru with her dad. The rich white CEO of McDonald’s told out Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot that the girl’s parents “failed” her.

The pandemic has made workers rethink the value of their time, Rep. Mark Takano says.

What Dr. King’s beliefs regarding LGBTQ rights would have been remains complicated. Yours, however, do not have to be.

At this crossroads in history, the labor movement will stand shoulder to shoulder with Black transgender workers and affirm through our actions that Black Trans Lives Matter.

No one was injured.

The U.S. could ratify a treaty that requires gender identity and sexual orientation job protections, just as it’s trying to erase transgender identity.

If Democrats wanted support from organized labor, Wohlforth wanted support for LGBTQ rights. And she was the woman in the position to make it happen.

It’s great that corporations are coming out to support LGBT equality in droves, but their newfound support has more to do with increased profit margins than standing up for an ideal.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The executive board of the Illinois chapter of the AFL-CIO is supporting gay marriage. The board voted Thursday in Chicago to urge the Illinois House to adopt the “Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act.” The adopted resolution states the AFL-CIO joins faith communities, civil rights organizations, President Barack Obama and its own […]

LOS ANGELES — The AFL-CIO, the largest federation of unions in the United States, amended its constitution Monday to ban discrimination on the basis of gender identity or gender expression.