Out In The Union: A Labor History Of Queer America with Mariam Frank, author
Against the backdrop of the historic ruling of the Supreme Court that gay marriage is legal in all the states of this union and in furtherance of addressing the numerous other inequities faced by LGBTQ and gender nonconforming people Miriam Frank, Prof. of Humanities at New York University and author of Out In The Union: A Labor History of Queer America, based upon 20 years of original research brings us the stories spanning half a century of U.S. labor history and the contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender unionists. She expands our horizons both in exposing the complex challenges queer workers face in coming out on the job and inside their unions and gives greater dimension to and continues to fill out the profile of queer life and the activism of the working class. *************** NYC Council Passes Ban The Box Bill Restricting Use Of Criminal Records In Hiring with Brandon Holmes, Community Civil Rights Organizer, VOCAL-New York, a grassroots advocacy group
Carl Stubbs, 63, stood outside New York City Council chambers in anticipation of the council s vote on the Fair Chance Act " a bill that would delay when many of the city s private sector employers can ask job applicants about their criminal history. He said, I feel [that] being Black, having a felony, you don t get hired . I have had a felony for over 30 years. Stubbs, who s also an activist with the group Voices of Community Activists Leaders (VOCAL-NY), wanted the bill to pass because it could improve his chances getting a job. Now, the Bill arrives on the desk of the Mayor June 29th and we ll find out if he signs it into law, precisely what it purports to do and just how beneficial it could prove to be for the employment opportunities of the formerly incarcerated, who have carried that scarlet letter around with them and suffered the Jim Crow consequences into the jobs market.
produced by Ken Nash and Mimi Rosenberg
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