This year Pride at Work had the opportunity to give a training to a group of spanish speaking transgender and queer workers in the restaurant industry. This workers training was made possible through a collaborative effort with La Voz Latina, an organization that does work with the immigrant community specifically in the Tenderloin district. Out [...]
Archive for January, 2008
The OLSE project – PAW helps workers enforce their legal rights
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008Through funding from the city’s Office of Labor Standards Enforcement, we are able to work in coalition with three outstanding community-based organizations to do worker training and education around three of San Francisco’s labor ordinances. These include the Minimum Wage, Paid Sick Leave, and the Health Care Security Ordinance. The program was initiated this year [...]
For just laws that protect all queer people against discrimination at work!
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008Pride at Work is at the forefront of the struggle to pass federal legislation that protects all workers based on sexual orientation AND gender identity. Right now there is no federal law that prohibits firing someone or discriminating against someone at work because they are gay or gender queer. 96% of Trans people living in [...]