Monday, January 23, 2017

Texas Regional Press Clips 1/23/2017


Southern Region


New York Times

By SUSAN CHIRA and JONATHAN MARTIN

January 22, 2017

More than a million people who turned out on Saturday for women’s marches in all 50 states have put down their placards, taken off their pink hats and ended their chants after what was an extraordinary display of dissent against the Trump presidency.

 


AFL-CIO NOW

By Kenneth Quinnell

January 22, 2017

Every week, we bring you a roundup of the top news and commentary about issues and events important to working families. Here’s this week’s Working People Weekly List.

 

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Texas


Houston Public Media

By Al Ortiz

January 20, 2017

“We are worried about attacks on both workers’ rights and the workplace, the ability to form unions. We are worried that the new Secretary of Labor is not a supporter of the federal minimum wage,” said Hany Khalil, executive director of the Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation AFL-CIO.

 


KVUE

By Erin Jones

January 21, 2017

APD estimated between 40,000 and 50,000 people attended the march in front of the Texas State Capitol Saturday afternoon, many with a message to share.

 


Houston Chronicle

By Brooke A. Lewis and Keri Blakinger

January 22, 2017

More than 20,000 singing, sign-waving protesters packed Hermann Square to roar their opposition to newly inaugurated President Donald Trump and show their solidarity with marching women across the nation Saturday.

 


Dallas Morning News

By Claire Ballor

January 22, 2017

Thousands of women of all ages, colors and creeds turned out Saturday morning for the Dallas Women's March through downtown, a day after President Donald Trump took office.

 


 

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DeLane Adams
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Southern Region
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