Kenneth Quinnell

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 Denise Robinson of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE).

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 Emily Caulfield of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA).

After a historic wave of strikes, marches and informational pickets by nurses, and dozens of new successful nursing organizing campaigns across the country, registered nurses have brought their fight to Congress to fix the crisis of unsafe nurse staffing levels in hospitals across the country. The Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act, sponsored by Sen. Sherrod Brown (Ohio) and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (Ill.), establishes minimum RN-to-patient ratios for every hospital unit, effective at all times. Additionally, the legislation creates whistleblower protections to ensure that nurses are free to speak out for enforcement of safe staffing standards.

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 Dara Tep, RN, of National Nurses United (NNU).

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 Capt. Maya Tallman of the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA).

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 Steven Alcantar of UNITE HERE's Culinary Union.