Showing posts with label Texas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Texas. Show all posts

Friday, May 10, 2013

Five More GetEQUAL TX Activists Arrested For Blocking Traffic For Job Protections

From The Dallas Voice :

Five GetEQUAL TX activists were arrested this evening for blocking traffic near the state Capitol while protesting for LGBT nondiscrimination in the workforce.

Holding a sign that read, “We Work Together,” the group blocked the intersection at 11th and Congress in Austin, calling for the Texas Senate to stop blocking the progress of SB 237, which was left pending in committee. This is the second set of arrests in as many weeks for activists protesting SB 237.

The Austin action was part of a new national GetEQUAL campaign that launched today to urge Congress to pass the federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which was recently reintroduced. In Washington, D.C., activists held light panels on the grounds of Congress, reading “PASS ENDA NOW.”

The campaign, “Workplace INclusion: Winning LGBT Workplace Protections (WIN),” kicks off a week of action across the country to draw attention to need for workplace protections for LGBT employees. The actions will end May 14, the anniversary of Bella Abzug’s Equality Act of 1974, which was the first piece of pro-LGBT legislation in the U.S. ....

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Five GetEQUAL Activists Arrested Fighting For Employment Fairness Act

Dallas Voice : GetEQUAL TX activists released on bail, promise more actions

In the state of Texas, it is legal and common practice to fire, refuse to hire, or otherwise discriminate against someone in the workplace solely based on their sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

Texas Senate Bill 237, "The Fair Employment Act," seeks to create a workplace safe from these types of discrimination.

After numerous phone calls, petitions, and emails SB 237 still sits in committee. Fearing that the committee would not budge, GetEQUAL TX activists paid a visit to the 4 senators who are holding it up.

5 of those activists were arrested for daring to speak truth to power. Join the movement for full equality in Texas in all matters governed by civil law.