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Out in the Union: A Labor History of Queer America

By Miriam Frank

Book information

Publisher
Temple University Press
Year
2015
ISBN
1439911401, 9781439911402
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1410353 bytes)
Edition
Reprint
Pages
240\187
Topic
History
Time added
2017-09-13 11:10:57
Labor & Industrial Relations;Economics;Business &

Description

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.

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