For Pride Month this year, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various LGBTQ+ workers who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights in the United States. Today's profile is Matteo Hintz of AFSCME.
Matteo Hintz serves as the Penn Museum Workers United chapter chair for AFSCME Local 397. Because unionizing at cultural institutions is relatively new, many museum workers have no prior experience in organizing. As chapter chair, Hintz uses his passion for labor rights and knowledge of working-class history to educate and embolden his co-workers. Hintz’s grandfather was union, his dad is union, and he is carrying on that legacy.