WORLD WORLDWIDE SPAIN News Journal Update - (en) Spain, CNT: 28-J. Union Action to combat LGBTIphobia and Transphobia (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 LGTBIphobia and Transphobia is also transferred to the world of work as a social

reflection, with an important difference: we do not decide where or with whom we
work. For this reason, from CNT we continue to recognize as a priority to work
and fight, assuming a perspective of sexual and gender diversity in our union
strategy. The reality in the workplace and the discrimination that is exercised
directly and indirectly in companies is reflected in some data: ---- 75% of
LGTBI+ workers consider that they do not have the same opportunities in access to
employment and within the workplace, and this figure rises to 83% in trans and
non-binary workers. Seven out of ten people consider that hate speech,
LGTBIphobia and Transphobia, have exponentially affected a negative social
perception of the rights of LGTBI+ people and especially trans people. In the
same way, harassment is carried out in 8 out of 10 cases in the presence of other
workers or company management, who carry it out without distinction, without
anyone doing anything to prevent it.

Harassment in the workplace is exercised in different ways: derogatory gestures
and attitudes, making a vacuum, derogatory comments, "jokes", insults and
degrading behavior towards the integrity of LGTBI+ workers.

Another 15% acknowledge having suffered discrimination in the selection
processes, and this rises to 41% in the case of Trans and non-binary workers, and
another 55% acknowledge having suffered indirect and direct discrimination.

51% avoid "gestures", expressions and attitudes that reveal their sexual
orientation or gender identity.

Faced with the "labor closet" and against LGBTIphobia and Transphobia, we are
launching the Union Action to transform the workplace and our union sections into
safe and inclusive places. Aware to assume the specific labor problems of LGTBI+
and Trans workers and guarantee full rights in equality and non-discrimination.
Being strategic lines to implement in Collective Bargaining.

Because the work environment, the work centers and the companies exercise
LGTBIphobia and Transphobia and in the face of this, the unity and cohesion of
all the affiliates and the union sections of the CNT as an effective, supportive
and egalitarian tool to combat them.

The CNT celebrated the XII Confederal Congress in December 2022, and we approved
in its Union Action point some strategies for union action and sexual and gender
diversity that are already part of our Statutes, and are incorporated into the
CNT Claims Platform with a new epigraph: Sexual and Gender Diversity.

Faced with the hate campaigns and the ferocious pulse of reactionary,
ultra-Catholic, ultra-conservative, illiberal, neo-fascist and transphobic
sectors, the firm determination of the CNT, the working class and society to
combat them, and reaffirm ourselves in the defense of DIGNITY, RIGHTS and
INTEGRITY of LGTBI+ and Trans workers. Rights are conquered and defended by fighting!

LGTBI+ and trans workers do not feel, they know they are Working Class.

https://www.cnt.es/noticias/28-j-la-accion-sindical-para-combatir-la-lgtbifobia-y-transfobia/
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