Pride Month Profiles: Liz Diesner

For Pride Month, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various LGBTQ+ Americans who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights. Today’s Pride Month profile is Liz Diesner of the United Association of Union Plumbers and Pipefitters.

For more than a quarter-century, Stacey Zimmerman has fought to make her state a better and more progressive place as a student activist, community organizer and (good) union troublemaker. Whether knocking on doors, running electoral campaigns for pro-worker candidates or leading lobbying efforts for essential worker pandemic pay at the state capitol, she has been a tireless advocate for Connecticut’s working families.