AWESOME. Way to go, Chicago! There was a solidarity meeting about ALEC in Austin yesterday. You guys are not alone in this. "Thousands of union and non-union workers and their allies shut down the streets around the posh Palmer House Hilton here yesterday, protesting the right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) meeting at the hotel. "ALEC is behind hundreds of bills its lawmaker members push through state legislative bodies—bills that destroy collective bargaining rights, lower wages, limit voting rights, weaken environmental protection—and it is behind the notorious “stand your ground” laws backed by the National Rifle Association. "Outside the hotel, on Monroe Street, the Musicians Union Band played “When the Saints Go Marchin’ In” as wave after wave of members from every union in Chicagoland filled the sidewalk and the street. "Elevated Chicago Transit Authority trains passing along the Wabash Ave. blew their horns in support as hundreds who couldn’t fit on Monroe Street spilled out to the adjoining street under the train trestle. The crowds roared every time they heard the train operators blow the horns. “This is a beautiful gathering not just of union workers and non-union workers but of all our allies as well—a true coalition,” declared Bob Reiter, secretary-treasurer of the CFL, in his speech to the cheering crowds. “ALEC thinks they can, in secret, take over the democratic process and write our laws for us,” Reiter continued. “They are wrong and we are here to show them that.” #riseuptx #atxfem #standwithtxwomen #levantatx
Posted on: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 19:52:21 +0000
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