Join us with former Precinct 1 Travis County Justice of the Peace Candidate, , to knock doors and talk about voting Yes on A and No on B. Police brutality is an existential threat to public safety and must be reined in. Let's build a better world together!
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Wonderful new writeup on Austin DSA-endorsed and the problems he hopes to tackle to help teachers, workers, and students🌹
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Intense dockworker blockades of French ports today 👀
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Today at 7pm! Join us at the Carver Museum for our monthly general meeting. All are welcome!
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We will continue to have multiple canvasses every weekend until the election, with more being planned on weeknights as we speak. Let's win big!
Deadline to register to vote is April 1
Early voting is April 24 - May 2
Voting day is May 6
Join us at linktr.ee/atxdivest22
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If both A and B pass, we won't get any oversight at all. The two contradictory laws will both be on the books, triggering lawsuits which will hold it up in court for years.
That's why they spent $287k creating their front group, VOPA, blatantly lying and misleading voters.
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Prop A will eliminate the secrecy of the "g-file", which means as bad as you think APD is, we will find out much more.
Currently, relatives and spouses of cops can serve on the Civilian Review Board, but not people with a Class A or B misdemeanor. Prop A would change that.
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Prop A will significantly expand the powers of the city and community oversight boards, including the authority to interview witnesses and gather evidence, such as 'unfettered access' to body cam footage and the power to publish information online.
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Vote Yes on A, No on B on May 6th!
Austin has paid nearly $30M in police brutality settlements since 2020. If cops quit en masse like they're 'threatening to', it's because they are afraid of oversight. There's a reason they spent $287k undermining the APOA.
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DSA joins @austin_DSA in endorsing the Austin Police Oversight Act, which builds on the prior successes of DSA elected officials and allies in diminishing the power and impunity of the Austin police.
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NEW: When Texas gave Elon Musk $64 million to build Tesla’s new gigafactory, he promised to keep workers safe.
Instead, many suffered heat strokes, serious injuries, wage theft, and retaliation.
Now those workers are speaking on camera for the first time.
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Capitalists like Elon Musk never earn their billions. They get rich by sacrificing workers' health and safety and draining public money from our communities. Workers turn their vulnerability into strength through solidarity in open conflict with the boss.
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NEW: When Texas gave Elon Musk $64 million to build Tesla’s new gigafactory, he promised to keep workers safe.
Instead, many suffered heat strokes, serious injuries, wage theft, and retaliation.
Now those workers are speaking on camera for the first time.
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THREAD: This is a crucial message for all Texans!🚨👇
If you care about local democracy, workers' rights, and community safety, listen up. There's a dangerous bill looming in the Texas legislature that could jeopardize all of these things. (1/7)
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SXSW made $270,000 off artist application fees in 2022. They only paid artists a total of $32,000. That means SXSW stole $238,000 from artists.
The Fair Pay at SXSW rally is TOMORROW, March 16th, at 11am. Join us and tell SXSW that it’s time for a raise!
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Members passed 4 resolutions:
-setting strategic priorities for the Labor Working Group
-committing to supporting Teamsters/UPS workers in their contract fight this summer
-a M4A campaign
-passing the Charter Amendment to end strong mayor control of the agenda for City Council
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Our first-ever Chapter Convention was a great success! Thank you to our Keynote Speakers- trustee Pasadena ISD Trustee and San Antonio Councilwoman.
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Public school employees are overworked, understaffed, and underpaid. For AISD educators to stop leaving their jobs in droves, they need a significant pay raise, sufficient staffing, and shared decision-making. Solidarity with Education Austin!
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We Know Our Worth:
“A union representing Austin ISD employees is calling for a $12 per hour raise in the next budget for staff in classified positions and a 12% increase in the base pay of all certified employees, such as teachers and counselors.” kut.org/education/2023
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Austin DSA is out telling voters why we need to vote Yes on A, No on B on May 6! The Austin Police Association spent $287k misleading voters to get Prop B on the ballot. We engage honestly with the community because we're a part of it.
🌹 Join us at linktr.ee/atxdivest22
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The has issued a call to action! Join me in demanding Cuba be removed from the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism on March 15-16 🇨🇺 🌹:
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🌹 Join us for the Divest Campaign's Kickoff Deep Canvass at Bartholomew Park and help us promote voting Yes on A and No on B in the May election. Let's win real oversight and defeat the APA's attempt to undermine it.
Don't wait - join us! 🌹 tiny.cc/kickoffdsa
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Take a stand against white supremacy with the organized workers at UT Austin this Wednesday at 1 PM!
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🎯Austin Troublemakers School🎯
Bringing together union members, shop stewards, & activists from around Austin (& all of Texas), a Troublemakers School is an incredible space for networking, building solidarity, & sharing successes.
Sign-up NOW: labornotes.org/events/2023/te
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Rank-and-file #Teamsters unity at UPS is overwhelming and unstoppable.
Members in all parts of the country continue to sign Contract Unity Pledge cards, standing together for a strong, historic contract. We are coming for what we deserve - and we roll deep! #1u
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Shout out to our friends over at findhelp as their union election begins! They've stayed strong in the face of retaliation from management - we're with y'all in solidarity all the way! ✊🌹
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"WE VOTED!"
xoxo, a few fhSN cuties
Send us your "I voted" selfies, y'all! We love to see em! #1u #unionstrong
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Enjoyed a great weekend of learning and community with our neighbors: .
special shout out to for hosting and for planning it all! 🌹 🌾 ✊
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Join Austin DSA's Labor Branch to hear from Youtube Music workers who have been on strike for weeks after Google contractor Cognizant mandated remote workers to return to the office in retaliation for the workers' successful union vote.
Tomorrow: actionnetwork.org/events/austin-
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Austin DSA's monthly meeting is this Tuesday at 7pm - hope to see you there!
actionnetwork.org/events/februar
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Via 33 North Campus workers are organizing to fight for a living wage--show some solidarity and send letters to Savory Restaurant Fund to push for a minimum of $20/hr!
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ACTION ALERT
Link below to tell Savory Restaurant Fund that we need raises!
actionnetwork.org/letters/via-31
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This is why we need to vote Yes on A, No on B in May.
The body-cam footage should be available already. No doubt Internal Affairs will continue to cover up and hinder the DAO's attempts to gather evidence.
We can't let cops keep getting away with it.
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Austin DSA was proud to stand with Youtube Music workers on the picket line last week ✊
Read our dispatch from the picket line here:
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Sam K takes a deep dive into how City Manager Cronk hired lawyers from 'Rampage Law'; a major law firm defending brutal police to negotiate for the city "against" the APA.
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The solution to the chaos of holiday travel that left thousands of people stranded in airports?
A publicly accountable, democratically-run, multimodal transit network.
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Meanwhile, the City Manager and the LRO relentlessly fought for poverty wages for ATCEMS workers. When AFSCME Local 1624 called for a $22/hr minimum wage, he countered with $18/hr and called it a “living wage”.
Fire Cronk Now!
More at linktr.ee/atxdivest22 (7/7)
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Also brought on as a supposedly “outside consultant” for the City’s Labor Relations Office is Denton Lowell, a ridiculous looking man who is a leading attorney for “Rampage Law”, according to their website. They've been paid nearly $2M out of taxpayer's pockets! (6/7)
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Sarah Griffin is the City’s “Deputy Labor Relations Officer” and according to her LinkedIn account, is also an attorney with Denton Navarro Rocha Bernal & Zech, P.C., whose website is rampagelaw.com (5/7)
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If there weren’t already enough conflicts of interest with Spencer Cronk and his buddy James Wood, the Treasurer of APA’s PAC; the City of Austin’s APA contract “negotiating team” is being spearheaded by two lawyers who defend cops that brutalize people (4/7)
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The City's Labor Relations Office negotiators and Spencer Cronk supposedly came to a midnight handshake deal with the APA for a 4-year police contract, which Cronk announced at a press conference this morning (3/7)
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The vote was split plainly down racial lines: all 6 white CM’s voted “Yes”, and the remaining 5 Black or Brown CM’s voted “No”. Don’t even try to pretend this isn’t about upholding white supremacy and the interests of property and capital (2/7)
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What the hell happened tonight at Austin City Council?
After hours of emotional, powerful testimonies urging Council to pursue a short-term police contract to allow voters to cast their ballots on police oversight in May, they voted 6-5 to postpone it until next Wed, Feb 15 (1/7)
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Tell findhelp management to stop union busting and support a fair election process here: bit.ly/fhsolidarity
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Call for solidarity
Since we filed for an NLRB election, @findhelporg leadership is doing everything they can to bust our union and delay the vote.
Join us in demanding a fair election 
bit.ly/fhsolidarity
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TONIGHT: Service Workers Unite!💥
Join TX DSA Labor for a conversation on service worker organizing featuring comrades from , , and .
Register here: tinyurl.com/txdsalaborserv
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