LGBT equality is a trade union issue like any other
Unions are, or should be, champions of equality: but if that does not include LGBT equality it is a hollow claimRead the full article
Dr Peter Purton was appointed as the UK’s Trades Union Congress’s first LGBT and disability rights policy officer in 1998. He has been active in the movement for LGBT equality in Britain since the 1970s working in community campaigns, trade unions and the Labour Party, and has always promoted the vital role of the labour movement in achieving equality at both the national and international levels.
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