On October 17, 2004, people from across the country will converge on Washington D.C. for the Million Worker March under the slogan, "Organizing in our own name." March demands include jobs, healthcare, a national living wage, repeal of the USA Patriot Act, bringing the troops home now, slashing the military budget, and an end to all racist and discriminatory acts in the workplace and in our communities.

The voices and issues of LGBT workers will be raised at the Million Worker March. We will be there as union members and unorganized employees, unemployed, immigrants and youth, joining hundreds of thousands of other workers and supporters.

We will be there because we need what all workers need: jobs for all, higher wages, shorter hours, and freedom to organize a union if we don’t have one.

We will be at the Million Worker March because we need a movement that is independent of the major parties. The interest of LGBT communities is with other working class people, not corporate greed or with war abroad. We understand that our bosses, the corporate media and the President and Congress work overtime to try to divide us from our co-workers and friends by
institutionalized discrimination, harassment and violence, so that all workers suffer by disunity. We understand the long history of racism, sexism, and bigotry in the U.S., and how the corporate divide-and-conquer strategy is designed to hurt all workers.

We demand the dignity, safety, and respect of all peoples, including LGBT people and immigrants. We demand a comprehensive program against hate crimes and discrimination, and assert the right of people to define their own families. This includes the recognition of individuals and families to raise and
adopt children without discrimination or deterrence. We demand an end to the privatization of our jobs and of social security. Human need should take priority over corporate greed, and we demand affordable housing for all and an end to private profit for health care and drugs. We demand full civil marriage rights, including healthcare benefits for our partners. We demand increased funding for AIDS research and free AIDS medications for the people of Africa and other developing nations.

Join us on October 17th!