Unconventional Journalist

Update on Union Movement & Local Actions

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From unions to police surveillance, we covered a range of topics today. 

Union updates:

  • Starbucks Illegal Union Busting
  • Workers at Amy's Kitchen call for a boycott

    • Bring it back home.

    Melissa Lucio:

    • Before April 18, send letters asking for clemency for Melissa Lucio
      • Call Cameron County DA Luis Saenz and urge him to withdraw Melissa's execution date. 956-300-3881.
      • Contact Texas Governor Greg Abbott and urge him to pardon Melissa, or at least commute her sentence and get her out of death row. His main switchboard number is 512-463-2000.

        • Stop Freeway Expansions in Texas:

        • Join a collective of organizations in Austin, April 20, to demand equity in transportation. Here's the sign up: https://forms.gle/qjeGVXht2CYbBFTd7

          • #StopShotSpotter:

          This petition represents the demands of undersigned Houston community members for the City of Houston and Harris County to:

          • Cancel their contracts with private surveillance company ShotSpotter;
          • Stop the prosecution of criminal cases that use ShotSpotter alerts as evidence;
          • Reinvest the $3.5 million fund intended for ShotSpotter into community supports for gun violence prevention like direct cash assistance, housing and rent support, educational supports that can help address the root causes of gun violence; and
          • Accelerate implementation of non-violent crisis response programs to ensure that people facing crises or harm can receive unarmed, non-policing emergency assistance.

            • Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's Upcoming Sunset Review:

            • Register for workshops ahead of the People's Hearing: bit.ly/CEERPH
            • Attend the People's Hearing on April 30
              • ...more
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              Unconventional JournalistBy Sam Oser