CALL TO ACTION: From Lambda Legal…Sign Up to "Clock In" for Equality
CALL TO ACTION
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From the offices of Lambda Legal:
On Tuesday, May 15, thousands of people across the country will join Lambda Legal for Clock In for Equality, the first-ever national day of action for workplace fairness. Working together, we will bring attention to the discrimination and harassment LGBT people and people with HIV face every day, and the need for improved legal protections and workplace policies.
We need your help.
Sign and display an ally pledge. Contact an elected official. Wear a button or sticker to work. Your simple action on May 15 will help us send the strongest message possible. And because efforts are under way to pass the federal Employment Nondiscrimination Act this year, there has never been a better time for all of us to fight for workplace rights.
Sign up now. Clock In for Equality is just four weeks away! And if you sign up today, you can still order free Clock In for Equality buttons and stickers. The last day to place your order is Monday, April 23.
More than 130 organizations have already signed on. Your participation will make a difference.
Clock In. Speak Out. Sign Up Today.
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What's At Stake:
LGBT people and people with HIV continue to face discrimination in the workplace.
In Lambda Legal’s 2005 Workplace Fairness Survey:
39% of respondents reported experiencing some form of discrimination or harassment in the workplace during the past five years because of their sexual orientation.
Workplace fairness is the number one issue for callers to Lambda Legal’s Help Desk.
But there is still no federal law that expressly forbids workplace discrimination of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Only 18 states ban workplace discrimination in the private sector based on sexual orientation, and only eight currently ban discrimination based on gender identity.
The federal Americans with Disabilities Act and similar state laws do protect people with HIV from discrimination, but they are often misunderstood or ignored by employers.
Campaign Expiration Date: May 15, 2007
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