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"...once how they'd fought like tigers in the corrupt civil service system to keep bad cops, including those fingered..."

"...nicer to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell – more "civil" – he would have allowed, in deference to longtime..."

"...items to the call – attacks on local government, unions, teachers, abortion rights, and medical professionals; not to mention..."

"...Daniel Llanes and columnist Jim Hightower all noted, the unions were the backbone defenders of civil rights and the..."

"...court, one of 14 across the state, hears both civil and criminal appeals from 24 counties – including Travis,..."

"...did not come from seasoned veterans of a deep civil rights commitment, with long histories of activism...."

"...Marc Ott's revised analysis of the potential cost of civil service protections for all city employees. City Council revised..."

"...making money as trampling on every worker's rights, every civil right, and trampling on the planet. They are not..."

"...policies, and negotiated the Citizen Review Panel – a civilian oversight group conceived as a trade-off for the $40.9..."

"...and pension packages, their interests are represented by powerful unions, and they inspire the kind of reverence cops can..."

"...to opening some misconduct records, which required changing the civil service code. Once they pulled their bait and switch,..."

"...We've had great support – from the grassroots, from unions, from student activists, and we look forward to continuing..."

"...would ever happen was "counterintuitive," she said, as the unions of the time were concentrating on white men for..."

"...affordable for the working class. He's supportive of labor unions, raising the minimum wage, and ensuring access to affordable..."

"...The civil, but heated, discussions about independence taking place in community..."

"...homosexuality as sin. Clergy are forbidden to bless same-sex unions and “self-avowed, practicing homosexuals” are barred from ordination. Wright..."

"...the cop contract is broken and reverts to basic civil service requirements, "that means we're gonna lose a lot..."

"...under the state's "meet and confer" laws governing public-safety unions. Although the negotiating teams from the city and the..."

"...attempt to confuse already addled voters, the city's public-safety unions issued endorsements for the May 10 City Council elec­tions,..."

"...(no comment on the current Supreme Court here). The civil rights legislation of the mid-Sixties was a strong start..."

"...by supporting Sarah Eckhardt's commitment to sound government ["Sheriff's Unions Back Eckhardt for Precinct 2 Comissioner," News, Dec. 9]...."

"...• Longtime Austin civil rights activist Volma Overton, 81, died Monday after a..."

"...doesn't account for smaller, cheaper ones. So while the unions are happy about the agreement – reached after a..."

"...Even the events in Europe, the Holocaust, the Spanish Civil War. These were all events that were all in..."

"...renounce its position, but instead issued a statement decrying civil rights violations against gays and lesbians. It was only..."

"...camping, no sit/lie, and panhandling ordinances – a major civil rights victory for unhoused people. Two years later, Casar's..."

"...the minimum wage; protecting retirement security (i.e., pensions); defending unions' ability to collect dues; expanding Medicaid and making health..."

"...the state American Federation of Teachers, one of the unions partnering in the campaign. "Our country has really gotten..."

"...Malfaro has been the public face of Austin's teachers' unions but, he said: "It's funny to think about this..."

"...is not just about bills directly affecting the workplace. Unions are eagerly watching the fate of children's health insurance..."