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 Shane James of the Office and Professional Employees (OPEIU).
Shane James says Pride Month is a time to “be bold in our truth and unashamed in our history.” As an OPEIU Local 30 steward at San Diego Pride, they said being a union member means “being able to have a support system, stability and assuredness in a time where our community is constantly in a state of fear, caution and instability at the hands of systems that do not care for us.”