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Starting on Wednesday, March 10, Texas restaurants and bars will be permitted to operate with no state-mandated mask requirements, capacity limits, nor social distancing measures, as ordered by Gov. Greg Abbott, and the Austin service industry is mad. Several local groups Restaurant Organizing Project, the Texas Service Industry Coalition, the Amplified Sound Coalition, Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee, and Austin Mutual Aid held a rally outside of the State Capitol on Monday, March 8 to express their frustrations with the lack of protections and support from state officials.
During the rally, service industry workers shared their fears and concerns about having to work without any COVID-related safety measures while also not currently being eligible for the vaccine. They’re asking Gov. Abbott to delay reopening Texas until 70 percent of essential workers are vaccinated. Currently, 91 percent of the entire Texas population hasn’t been vaccinate
Infowars Supporters Interrupt Protest Against Plans to Reopen Texas
On 3/9/21 at 5:10 AM EST
A rally outside the Texas Capitol building against Governor Gregg Abbott s plans to lift coronavirus restrictions and fully reopen businesses in the state was met with counter-protests by supporters of the conspiracy theorist site InfoWars.
A coalition of groups who expressed concerns about Abbott s decision to 100 percent reopen Texas organized the rally for Monday, demanding service workers receive a COVID-19 vaccine before the state returns to normal.
One of the speakers at the rally, Karen Hamilton, said she has a heart condition and was forced to quit her job recently because the business planned to fully reopen on Wednesday.