Bill Text: TX HR1065 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Danny Fetonte of Austin.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-12 - Reported enrolled [HR1065 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1065-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1065 |
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WHEREAS, Longtime organizer Danny Fetonte of Austin passed | ||
away on October 23, 2022, bringing a great loss to his family and | ||
friends; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in New York City in 1950, Danny Fetonte became | ||
involved with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a | ||
seminal civil rights organization, while in high school; he was | ||
employed at Bethlehem Steel for four years and then held a variety | ||
of other industrial jobs before going on to become a professional | ||
organizer for the Communications Workers of America; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Fetonte moved to East Texas in 1983 to organize | ||
state workers for the Texas State Employees Union/CWA; over the | ||
years, he was involved in many tough campaigns, including the | ||
organization of workers at Stephen F. Austin State University, | ||
where the food service staff was privatized to block the effort; he | ||
coordinated the 1987 Jobs with Justice march, which brought more | ||
than 1,000 trade unionists to Nacogdoches in support of the SFA | ||
workers; his private-sector drive resulted in SFA food service | ||
workers receiving a union contract that still benefits them today; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, A member of TSEU/CWA 6186, Mr. Fetonte served as CWA | ||
District 6 Director of Organizing, and his endeavors in behalf of | ||
Southwestern Bell Wireless employees were instrumental in the | ||
successful campaign to bring 40,000 AT&T wireless workers into CWA; | ||
his skilled and dynamic leadership helped set the direction of TSEU | ||
and the United Campus Workers; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Fetonte shared his deep commitment to progress | ||
with his wife, Barbara, whom he met and married in Buffalo, New | ||
York; he was the proud father of two sons, Mickey and Tony; and | ||
WHEREAS, While Danny Fetonte is deeply missed by those who | ||
held him dear, his contributions will continue to resonate in the | ||
years to come; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Danny Fetonte and | ||
extend sincere condolences to all who mourn his passing; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of | ||
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Danny | ||
Fetonte. | ||
Goodwin | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1065 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on April 12, 2023. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||