Speech
Shuler Celebrates LGBTQ Pride
… AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler delivered the following remarks at Pride at Work's annual Celebrating Solidarity reception: Thank you, Jerame (Davis), for that kind introduction. Welcome to the AFL-CIO, everybody. Happy Pride! Just about a year ago, I stood in the lobby of this building at an impromptu vigil for the 49 people killed at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando. One by one, the amazing women and men who work here came to the front and read the names and ages of the victims. In that profoundly sad moment, I felt pride. Pride in the labor …