President
Obama has an executive order on his desk that could protect millions of
LGBT Americans from discrimination in the workplace -- but only if he
signs it.
The order
in question would require all federal contractors to extend
non-discrimination and harassment protections for their LGBT employees. The order would cover about 16 million workers who don’t currently receive any discrimination or harassment protections for sexual orientation or gender identity.
As an employment rights attorney, Tico Almeida knows all too well how badly this order is needed. So
Tico started a petition on Change.org asking President Obama to sign
the executive order that would extend non-discrimination protections to
all LGBT employees of federal contractors. Click here to sign Tico’s
petition.
Tico also
knows that online petitions can make a big difference in cases like
these: After a former employee of a major defense contractor, DynCorp,
received a six-figure settlement for being called “f*ggot” and other
slurs at work, Tico started a petition on Change.org urging DynCorp to
adopt non-discrimination protections for LGBT employees. After more than 50,000 folks signed, DynCorp came through.
The executive order on President Obama’s desk has already cleared key hurdles at the Departments of Labor and Justice. President
Obama has already made great strides on issues like “Don’t Ask, Don’t
Tell” -- now he could do so much more with just one stroke of his pen,
and he needs to know how many people are counting on him.
