Union Members Support Trans Rights

The United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) International Union have voted unanimously to take a vocal stand in solidarity with the transgender community. The vote taken at their biannual convening comes amidst a concerning influx of attempts across North America to limit, revoke & erase the rights & contributions of transgender people. Union members from UFCW Locals throughout the United States & Canada OUTreach Executive Board stated, “North America’s Labor Movement was founded on the principle that collective action is the ultimate tool to deliver justice. Guided by this fundamental truth since our chartering in 2013, it has been our singular focus at UFCW OUTreach to uplift & unite ALL working people, regardless of who they love, how they identify or where they were born. As trade unionists, we feel a deep sense of urgency to speak out in support of all transgender & gender non-conforming people in our shared fight for dignity & respect on the job. Labor unions exist to protect, support & empower anyone who wants to improve their working lives & that must always include our transgender brothers, sisters & siblings. We strongly condemn attempts at all levels of government to disenfranchise trans people by restricting their access to healthcare, criminalizing which bathroom or locker room they use & erasing their contributions to our communities. Rhetoric which seeks to demonize their existence & deny their basic freedoms has no place in our politics, in our workplaces, or in our Labor Movement... We will not be erased by the stroke of a pen & we will never go down without a fight.”

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