For Pride Month this year, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various LGBTQ+ union members who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights in the United States. Today's profile is Aicha Tahirou of UNITE HERE.
Aicha Tahirou is a housekeeper at the Radisson Warwick Hotel in Philadelphia and a member of UNITE HERE Local 274. Tahirou has taken multiple monthslong leaves from her job to work as a canvasser on UNITE HERE's political campaigns in Pennsylvania, turning out unlikely voters to deliver victories for President Biden in 2020 and Sen. John Fetterman in 2022. She was most recently a campaign lead on the union's campaign for Helen Gym for Mayor. Born and raised in Niger, Tahirou is a proud queer woman.