Infrastructure, Apprenticeships, and Districts W/ Ironworkers & the ACLU - TVLR 11/23/21
Tish Faulks, legal director of the Alabama ACLU, talks to us about the new district maps in Alabama and their lawsuit against the gerrymanders. We go over what happened Last Week in Southern Labor and Otis Berryhill, political coordinator and training director for the Ironworkers Local 477, breaks down the new infrastructure law and trade union apprenticeships.
✦ LINKS ✦
Alabama’s New Electoral Lines are Racially Gerrymandered — Here’s Why: https://www.aclu.org/news/voting-rights/alabamas-new-electoral-lines-are-racially-gerrymandered-heres-why
Groups Launch Legal Challenges Over Alabama Racial Gerrymandering: https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/groups-launch-legal-challenges-over-alabama-racial-gerrymandering
Contact Ironworkers 477 to learn more about apprenticeships: http://ironworkers477.org/contact-us.html
Read Jonah's newsletter: https://whogetsthebird.substack.com/
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