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Pride Month Profiles: Darrell Lausche

Darrell Lausche

For Pride Month, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various LGBTQ Americans who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights. Today's Pride Month profile is Darrell Lausche.

Darrell Lausche is a literacy specialist in the Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District in Ohio and a member leader in the Cleveland Heights Teachers Union, AFT Local 795. He has been active as an advocate for anti-discrimination laws in the state, as a strike committee co-chair for his local's most recent contract campaign, and as the chair of the Ohio Federation of Teachers' Human Rights Committee. 

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