Labor Livens Up Pride Parade

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
Rain did not deter a spirited contingent of union members from marching in Saturday’s Capital Pride Parade in Dupont Circle. Union marchers – from UNITE HERE Local 25 and Pride at Work, AFL-CIO – chanted "Ain't no power like the power of the people," and carried signs reading “Proud to be union, proud to fight for Gay rights” at the annual parade that celebrates the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community in DC. Members of Local 25 have been fighting for – and winning – domestic partnership benefits in their contracts with hotels since 2001.
- Report by Jack Mahoney, UNITE HERE Local 25