Corporate logos decked out in rainbows for Pride month don’t mean businesses are actually looking out for queer and trans people. How do we move beyond visibility and representation toward material gains? LGBTQ workers can bridge the gap, bringing community muscle into unions and vice versa. Hear from workers who are unionizing queer workplaces, building mutual aid networks to support queer and trans community, and sustaining queer economies.
Big mergers and corporate consolidation are opportunities for companies to cash in big, but often threaten workers and consumers alike. Hear how unions in the railroad, grocery, health care, and news media industries have navigated mergers.