New report outlines economic consequences of anti-LGBT workplace discrimination

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, vice chair of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee, today released a new report outlining the economic consequences of anti-LGBT discrimination in the workplace. The report shows that more than one in five LGBT employees have experienced workplace discrimination, and that turnover due to various kinds of workplace discrimination…

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Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Andre Braugher in Brooklyn Nine-Nine dvr this Fox, Tuesdays, 8 p.m. Michael Schur and Dan Goor, two of the people behind Parks & Recreation, have created a police station workplace comedy that exists somewhere between Barney Miller and The Office. It’s a vehicle for Saturday Night Live’s Andy Samburg, and he’s doing his schtick: wacky…

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Nation’s largest federal and D.C. government union trains labor activists on LGBT workplace issues

PITTSBURGH — The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the largest federal employee union representing 670,000 workers in the federal government and the government of the District of Columbia, held its first training conference focused on workplace issues facing members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community during its Diversity Week of events in August….

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