Friday, April 22nd, 2011
| April 28, 2011 |
| 11:30 am | to | 1:00 pm |
WORKERS MEMORIAL DAY: THE SOUND OF JUSTICE
Thursday, April 28 · 11:30am – 1:00pm
Texas State Capitol Rotunda
1100 North Congress Avenue
Austin, TX
On March 2, we marched to the capitol with 138 coffins commemorating the 138 workers that died on the job in construction in 2009 to tell state legislators that Texas workers deserve better.
On April 28 we bring the struggle right to their office doors.
Join Workers Defense Project as we commemorate Workers Memorial Day by taking action inside the state capitol. Meet us at the rotunda as we unite in song and fill the building with a musical reminder of elected officials commitment to ensuring safe working conditions for the people that build Texas. After a short performance on the rotunda floor, musicians and workers will disperse throughout the building door-to-door to give reminders on the bills we are pushing for this session to ensure workers are treated fairly. Together we will fill the halls of the capitol with the sound of justice.
For more information on Workers Defense Project:
http://www.workersdefense.org/
 About Workers Memorial Day:
Each year, thousands of workers are killed and millions more are injured or diseased because of their jobs. On April 28th communities across the country unite to commemorate their lives.Workers Memorial Day was first observed in 1989.
TxLAW note: The AFL-CIO has urged local unions to commemorate Workers Memorial Day. As far as we know, no union local in Austin has planned any events. We salute Workers Defense Project/Proyecto Defensa Laboral for doing so.
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Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
| August 19, 2010 |
| 7:30 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Texas State Employees Union sponsors a report back from the USSF with a labor perspective.
In June, thousands of social justice activists met in Detroit at the USSF to discuss, plan, and organize the struggle for a more just, equitable, and sustainable world. It was the second of these vibrant, cross-issue social change gatherings. Those of us from TSEU were inspired by seeing so many labor union groups all through the event–UAW, Teamsters, Steelworkers, AFSCME, United Electrical Workers, AFT, etc., etc.
In what we hope will be one of many USSF programs, members of the Texas State Employees Union, CWA Local 6186, will host a gathering to hear reports from Austinites who attended this important and inspiring event. Our presenters will focus on labor in various ways. There will also be a slide show and video clips.
Those making reports include:
Anne Lewis, a TSEU activist, who will show clips from a presentation she made to the US Social Forum about Anne Braden, a most dedicated fighter against racism and political repression.
Josefina Castillo and Judith Rosenberg of Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera, which organizes solidarity and support for workers in Mexico organizing inside and outside of unions
Leslie Cunningham, a TSEU activist, who will report on the role of labor unions in the social justice movement
Maribel Falcon of Workers Defense Project/Proyecto Defensa Laboral, which is having great
success on wage theft and construction safety issues in Austin as part of the labor movement which is larger than unions alone.
Carmen Llanes with PODER in East Austin, who will report on environmental justice organizing.
For more information, contact Will Rogers at 280-7549 or [email protected]
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Domestic workers union marches at USSF (photo by Jim West, Labor Notes)
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