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Pride Month Profiles: Bill Olwell
… For Pride Month, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various LGBTQ Americans who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights. Our next profile is Bill Olwell. … In 1953, Bill Olwell started working … of Local 1001 in 1969, Olwell realized that focusing on the issues that actually matter to workers was not only the right thing to do, but popular as well: I always knew that if I could get the election on my experience and my delivery, I …