Institute for Sound Public Policy Newsletter - U.S. Tech Workers Made Their Voices Heard In DC

Dear {name}:

Join me in raising a toast to the 31 tech worker activists who came to DC this week to walk the halls of Congress and make our voices heard. Prior to coming to DC, the participants arranged 52 meetings with the staffs of their elected representatives in the House and Senate.

29 of those meetings were with House and 23 with Senate staffers. In addition, our activists met with staff on both sides of the political aisle: 21 of the meetings were with staffers whose members were Democrats and 31 with staffers whose members were Republicans. This was democracy in action!

During the course of the day, teams from Texas, Washington, North Carolina, Virginia, California, Tennessee, Florida, Pennsylvania and other states crisscrossed the Capitol. We broke for lunch and were treated to a presentation by Eric Sell, the Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the United States Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, who oversees the Division's Immigrant and Employee Rights Section. During his speech he stated:

“I want to make that absolutely clear. . . So one of the hot, hottest topics in Washington DC right now is the discussion of much needed reform to our nation's visa system. And I say much needed reform because pretty much every meeting I go to on the issue of visa holders and workforce development, this issue comes up and everyone has a negative reaction to it.”

We rounded out the day with a reception and awards presentation. The following awards were presented:

Legislator of the Year: Congressman Paul A. Gosar

Legislative Aide of the Year: Jason Pena

Hero Award: John Miano

Long Time Service Award: John Robert

Long Time Service Award: Stephen Pushor (Dudeski)

Long Time Service Award: Virgil Bierschwale

Merit Award: Michael Zamarocy (Rocky Z)

We should be rightfully proud of what our activists did this week and excited for the things they will accomplish in the coming months and years as they continue to organize and press for reform with their representatives.

Onward,

Kevin Lynn

Executive Director, Institute for Sound Public Policy

Founder, U.S. Tech Workers

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