Holding Texas Elected Officials Accountable in the Time of Trump
Elected officials need to feel the heat, and in Texas, the feet being held to the fire are largely Republican.
But not all of them.
Some politicians, especially in our state’s largest urban areas, and specifically in Houston, are on the left of the policy spectrum, but still need lobbying to put progressive values into action. We forget that at the peril of our movement, and at the peril of people who rely upon government to protect them when private industry cannot or will not.
AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Tefere Gebre spoke Monday in Houston at a panel discussion, Houston as a Welcoming City: Expanding Economic Options for Immigrant Workers, sponsored by the Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation and Neighborhood Centers-Baker Ripley.
After hearing stories of worker exploitation, Gebre reminded the audience that the injustices suffered by the panelists could not be pinned on the current president-elect.
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