In 28 states, queer and trans workers can still be fired due to their sexual orientation and gender identity. A strong union contract is often the only legally binding protection available to LGBTQIA workers to fight employment discrimination.
, 30% of trans workers report experiencing harassment at work, and trans workers experience unemployment at a rate three times higher than those in the general population do; for trans workers of color, the unemployment rate isAs a veteran labor organizer and the current director of Contract Campaigns for the Writers Guild of America, East , Arsenia Reilly-Collins has seen firsthand the ways a union contract can strengthen protections for queer workers.
“Workers’ rights and LGBTQ rights — we can’t have solidarity unless we address all issues,” Reilly-Collins tellsQueer labor activists have been fighting against discriminatory policies and demanding better protections since the early 20th century, when
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