New group joins fight against workplace discrimination
By Chris Johnson on October 26, 2011
http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/10/26/new-group-joins-fight-against-workplace-discrimination/ (http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/10/26/new-group-joins-fight-against-workplace-discrimination/)
A new group has formed to push for passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and its leaders hope to disband after achieving their primary legislative goal in just two years.
The organization, called Freedom to Work, is headed by Tico Almeida, a civil rights litigator who served as ENDA's lead counsel on the U.S. House Education & Labor Committee from 2007 to 2010.
In an interview with the Washington Blade, Almeida, who's gay, said he's personally committed to the passage of ENDA because he's worked on workplace discrimination issues for several years and cares deeply about the problem.