Author : Miriam Frank
Publisher : Temple University Press
ISBN 13 : 1439911398
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (399 download)
Book Synopsis Out in the Union by : Miriam Frank
Download or read book Out in the Union written by Miriam Frank and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2014-06-13 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Out in the Union tells the continuous story of queer American workers from the mid-1960s through 2013. Miriam Frank shrewdly chronicles the evolution of labor politics with queer activism and identity formation, showing how unions began affirming the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender workers in the 1970s and 1980s. She documents coming out on the job and in the union as well as issues of discrimination and harassment, and the creation of alliances between unions and LGBT communities. Featuring in-depth interviews with LGBT and labor activists, Frank provides an inclusive history of the convergence of labor and LGBT interests. She carefully details how queer caucuses in local unions introduced domestic partner benefits and union-based AIDS education for health care workers-innovations that have been influential across the U.S. workforce. Out in the Union also examines organizing drives at queer workplaces, campaigns for marriage equality, and other gay civil rights issues to show the enduring power of LGBT workers.