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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Longtime organizer Danny Fetonte of Austin passed |
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away on October 23, 2022, bringing a great loss to his family and |
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friends; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in New York City in 1950, Danny Fetonte became |
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involved with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a |
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seminal civil rights organization, while in high school; he was |
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employed at Bethlehem Steel for four years and then held a variety |
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of other industrial jobs before going on to become a professional |
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organizer for the Communications Workers of America; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Fetonte moved to East Texas in 1983 to organize |
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state workers for the Texas State Employees Union/CWA; over the |
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years, he was involved in many tough campaigns, including the |
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organization of workers at Stephen F. Austin State University, |
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where the food service staff was privatized to block the effort; he |
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coordinated the 1987 Jobs with Justice march, which brought more |
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than 1,000 trade unionists to Nacogdoches in support of the SFA |
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workers; his private-sector drive resulted in SFA food service |
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workers receiving a union contract that still benefits them today; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, A member of TSEU/CWA 6186, Mr. Fetonte served as CWA |
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District 6 Director of Organizing, and his endeavors in behalf of |
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Southwestern Bell Wireless employees were instrumental in the |
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successful campaign to bring 40,000 AT&T wireless workers into CWA; |
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his skilled and dynamic leadership helped set the direction of TSEU |
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and the United Campus Workers; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Fetonte shared his deep commitment to progress |
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with his wife, Barbara, whom he met and married in Buffalo, New |
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York; he was the proud father of two sons, Mickey and Tony; and |
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WHEREAS, While Danny Fetonte is deeply missed by those who |
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held him dear, his contributions will continue to resonate in the |
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years to come; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Danny Fetonte and |
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extend sincere condolences to all who mourn his passing; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Danny |
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Fetonte. |