UUA Proposes Gender Identity Protections at Walmart Meeting

[Shana A]

UUA Proposes Gender Identity Protections at Walmart Meeting
From Worldwide Faith News
Date Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:16:59 -0700

UUA Proposes Gender Identity Protections at Walmart Meeting

http://www.wfn.org/2008/06/msg00088.html

    June 5, 2008

Tomorrow the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations (UUA) will take their proposal for gender identity non-discrimination to the annual Walmart shareholder meeting in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Proposal #4 calls for Walmart to add gender identity protections to their employment non-discrimination policy, which already includes sexual orientation.

Speaking on behalf of the UUA will be Rev. Jonalu Johnstone. In addition to serving as Program Minister at the First Unitarian Church of Oklahoma City, Johnstone is also president of Interweave Continental, the UUA's network of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender members and allies. Many Unitarian Universalist (UU) ministers and congregations around the country currently minister to openly transgender people, and last year the UUA's annual General Assembly passed an official resolution in support of transgender people.

[tekla]

When they let people join a union, I might begin to care.

[Shana A]

When they let people join a union, I might begin to care.

Paying a living wage so its workers don't need food stamps and public assistance would be good too. 

Z

[tekla]

and the full time vs. everyone works 39 hours a week might matter too.

[lady amarant]

Giggle. I sense a rather healthy and robust hatred of Wally-World here. Watch "Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price" - REALLY good documentary. http://www.walmartmovie.com/

~Simone.