2 CWA Activists Join Pride at Work Board of Directors

CWA Local President 6355 Bradley Harmon and Local 6201 Legislative Chair Felipe Gutierrez will be representing CWA on Pride at Work's board of directors.

Pride at Work is a nonprofit organization and an officially recognized constituency group of the AFL-CIO working to build alliances between the labor movement and the LGBT community for social and economic justice.

With Harmon and Gutierrez's appointments, the board now has members hailing from regions of the country where the anti-worker forces have concentrated their efforts to undermine organized labor. Harmon and Gutierrez also come from states – Missouri and Texas – that have yet to pass legislation to prohibit employment discrimination against LGBT workers and passed constitutional amendments enshrining marriage discrimination into law.

Just last month, Harmon and Gutierrez participated in their first meeting in Vancouver, Washington.

Other CWA members on the board include CWA Legislative Director Shane Larson, who serves as Pride at Work's co-president; TNG-CWA's Gabe González, who serves as treasurer; TNG-CWA's Tiffany Heath, who serves as secretary; AFA-CWA Government Affairs Director Stephen Schembs, who represents AFA on the board; AFA-CWA's Stan Kiino, who represents the San Francisco chapter on the board; and retired TNG-CWA member Donna Cartwright, who serves as the diversity seat representative.

"This is just a continuation of CWA's long history, involvement and leadership in Pride at Work," said Larson. "From its founding almost 20 years ago until today, CWA has recognized the value of union contracts to LGBT workers."