Pride at Work Hires Two Youth OrganizersPaul Hogarthbyline‚ Apr. 04‚ 2007For years, organized labor and the LGBT community have achieved important victories by working together. In the 1970’s, Harvey Milk teamed up with the Teamsters Union to boycott Coors Beer. Two years ago, LGBT activists and the United Farm Workers joined forces to support each other’s causes – a boycott of Gallo wine, and the passage of marriage equality. Central to these struggles has been Pride at Work – a group within the AFL-CIO that represents LGBT workers. Now the San Francisco chapter of Pride at Work has hired two young organizers – Molly Goldberg (23) and Josue Arguelles (22) – in an effort to engage queer youth on economic justice issues. A fundraiser on March 15th netted $25,000 for the project, and the youth organizers are busy conducting outreach on college campuses, community events, and bar crawls. Together, Molly and Josue hope to rejuvenate the queer-labor alliance for the next generation. |