Labor Offers “Do Something” Choices
While another disastrous government shutdown faces us at the end of this month and the most critical decisions that Americans have ever faced come due November 5th, your labor movement is providing more than a lot of things you can do about it.
At the Central Labor Council on September 19, we discussed the Firefighters’ fight to win collective bargaining, AFT 2260’s effort to win an Educator’s Bill of Rights, ATU 1338’s fight against cuts in our mass transit system, organizing at Starbucks, re-hiring the Fired Black Dancers, organizing in the LGTBTQ+ community, organizing women, rallying against a government shutdown with the TSA workers at Love Field, rallying for early voting, and even more. Just see the list below.
Almost all of our battles are directly connected to politics, and we have to win in November. The first big door-to-door canvassing is tomorrow, Saturday, September 21. Meet at 1408 N Washington between 9 And 10AM. We’re phone banking every Tuesday and Thursday, 2-7PM, from 1408 N Washington and from home with on-line assistance. Use this link: https://aflcio.zoom.us/j/83052174015?pwd=MyL0mht0fUgF5SaKbaHlU7Keb9b46t.1
Password: 234217; Or Telephone: 816 423 4261 or 8888449904. Conference code: 990839. For help or more information contact etilley2006@yahoo.com.
Hands Across Texas
Labor is strongest in the big cities, but the Dallas AFL-CIO is also growing stronger elsewhere. We’ve had emissaries in several North Texas towns recently. This week, Lou Luckhardt brought Thomas Jones and Gene Lantz with him to the UAW 967 hall in Greenville for a candidates’ night. Everyone was glad to have labor participating and some good contacts were made. Luckhardt bought a 12-passenger van and expects to take more activists outside Dallas.
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Contact List
- Political Committee Earnest Tilley etilley2006@yahoo.com
- Pride at Work Shayla Nguyen shaylan3912@gmail.com
- Texas Alliance for Retired Americans Judy Bryant judy4tara@aol.com
- Young Active Labor Leaders Stu Becker stubecker87@gmail.com
MORE ACTIONS COMING UP
Sep 21, 9:30A: door to door canvassing with labor from 1408 N Washington
Sep 21, 8P: Rockabilly Review at Sons of Hermann Hall. Tickets at knon.org
Sep 24: Texas AFL-CIO Executive Board meeting in Austin
Sep 25, 5:30: Dinner and workshop on the Inflation Reduction Act at 1408 N Washington#300. Contact https://tinyurl.com/vx3sa5p2 Texas Climate Jobs Project
Sep 24, 6P: Dallas DART Board meets. ATU 1338 needs people there to speak against cuts in mass transportation
Sep 25: Texas AFL-CIO golf tournament at Crystal Falls in Leander. Contact 512-848-1709
Sep 26, 6 PM, Join Alliance/AFT members at the DISD board meeting! Wear red and support teachers as they fight for an Educator's Bill of Rights. Contact Rena Honea rena@alliance-aft.org
Sep 26-28: UAW Southwest States Political Action Committee meets in Galveston
Sep 28: Dallas Democrats Johnson-Jordan fund raising dinner. Contact Bonnie Mathias
Sep 30: Possible government shutdown
Oct 1, 10A: Rally at the Main Dallas Post Office, Sylvan exit (going west) or Beckley exit (going east) on Highway 30.
Oct 1, 6P: AFL-CIO Union Women Get It Done Virtual Summit register here.