The Union of Musicians and Allied Workers Demands Higher Pay at South by Southwest

120 artists including Fugazi’s Guy Picciotto, Eve 6, & Zola Jesus sign

"...payment. This morning, the Union of Musicians and Allied Workers (UMAW) launched their Fair Pay at SXSW campaign requesting..."

Feb. 7, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Men at Work

City's day laborer program undergoes successful overhaul

"...the start, due largely to the deleterious mixture of workers and the homeless and transient population that mingled together..."

Nov. 12, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

City Council: NI deal approved

Incentives package, Hotel ZaZa, and looking into ridesharing . . .

"...evening, City Council closed the deal with National Instruments Corp. to provide 10 years of personal and property tax..."

March 8, 2013 News Post by Michael King

Don't Fence Me In

Same Old Story

"...city's bustling construction industry. The program attempts to match workers' skills with employers' needs. It also issues each worker..."

April 2, 1999 News Feature by Melissa Sattley

Metropolis Melodrama

Ghost of Metropolis Past

"...in Austin, who loaned him $200,000 to make the first round of construction improvements on the property. In exchange,..."

Nov. 27, 1998 News Feature by Bryan Mealer

Then There's This: White Lodging's Steal of a Deal

What part of 'prevailing wage ordinance' do you not understand?

"...letter sent May 31 to Indi­ana-based White Lodging Services Corp., Rosie Truelove, director of the city's Con­tract Management Department,..."

June 14, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Neighbors vs. Neighbors

A profile of the Central Texas struggle over Alcoa Rockdale and its plans for expansionAlcoa announces new "voluntary" emissions reductions.

"...not appear likely to strike fear in a distant corporate boardroom. About a hundred or so people -- young..."

July 27, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

"...city and Simon Property Group, the firm behind the first stage of the Domain retail center, and prevent similar..."

Feb. 22, 2008 News Feature

Immigrants Flex Muscle

Day Without an Immigrant work stoppage and boycott draws more than a million people into the streets nationally; thousands turn out locally

"...as founder and longtime president of the United Farm Workers union. "César would be proud," remarked local activist and..."

May 5, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Banking on Amtrak

Kay Bailey Hutchison's Been Workin' on the Railroad

"...surprised: The Texas Legislature has made history again. Amtrak Corp. announced in April that they were practically busted and..."

June 13, 1997 News Column by Brett Holloway-Reeves

ECSD Plays Musical Chairs, but the Music Never Stops

Environmental Shuffle

"...believes the city needs to reduce the number of workers on the payroll. But no one seems to know..."

Dec. 15, 1995 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...welcome to the world John Montford ("Ford") McCracken; the first child of Mindy and Brewster McCracken arrived Tuesday night...."

March 5, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Top 10 Censored Stories of 2000

The news stories that didn't make the mainstream press in 2000

"...Have you read the one about corporations planning to charge you hundreds of dollars a month..."

April 20, 2001 News Feature by Karynn M. Fish

Then There's This: Working Man of Green Gables

Condo developer targeted for claims of unpaid wages, unsafe conditions

"...and unpaid wages were the chief complaints aired by workers, several of whom spoke publicly for the first time...."

Feb. 21, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

Naked City

"...Chicago O'Hare, in which a man got past Argenbright workers with knives, mace, and other weapons, "only added to..."

Nov. 23, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

CSC now plans to sublet office space at new downtown headquarters

"...flush days of 1999, the city gave Computer Sciences Corp. nearly everything it asked for, to lure the company..."

Jan. 12, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

"...North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The complaint, the first of its kind to have cabinet-level consideration under NAFTA,..."

April 28, 1995 News Feature

Texas Supreme Court Draws Widespread Criticism

Critics of 'Entergy v. Summers' decision find unlikely allies

"...decision in the Entergy v. Summers case last year. First legislators and the plaintiffs' bar complained, and now even..."

Aug. 22, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Let Them Eat Cake

The Return of Tax Giveaways

"...Chamber of Commerce, set policies three weeks ago allowing corporations as much as a 55% freebie on new property..."

May 5, 1995 News Feature by Alex de Marban

White Lodging: Wage Dispute Prevails ... 'Til August

Absent Bill Spelman, Council punts the issue

"...Con­gress, in exchange for a promise to pay construction workers "prevailing wages," Mayor Lee Leffingwell took the opportunity of..."

July 5, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Baptist Church and its allied East Austin Economic Development Corp., which back in 1991 cut a deal with Bennett,..."

Nov. 13, 1998 News Feature

Naked City

"...Austin Energy. Last year, the city sued Convergent Group Corp., whose new owner is SchlumbergerSema, for sending faulty equipment..."

May 3, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Chemical Warfare

Public health advocates organize around a Bill Moyers PBS special on the chemical industry and the hazards it creates.

"...battle to protect the health of all Americans, especially workers...."

March 23, 2001 News Feature by Don Hazen

Will Holly Pass Muster at Council?

Council to consider controversial bid proposal

"...The staff's selection, TRC Environmental Corp., says it can do the job for $11.5 million..."

April 29, 2011 News Feature by Amy Smith

No Room at the Complex

Renters scramble for housing as dirt churns on new condos

"...estate agents' worthless websites requesting names, addresses, and a first-born child before they'd cough up a listing...."

Sept. 14, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

"...Washington Post.Headlines• Tom DeLay and Co. may have laundered corporate money in the 2002 state legislative campaigns, but they..."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• Austin ISD enjoyed the first round of feedback in what is sure to be..."

July 8, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...began back in 1995, when Longhorn Partners Pipeline LP first crafted plans to upgrade an old, unused crude oil..."

Aug. 20, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Between Round Rock and a Hard Place

Northridge Acres can't find water, water anywhere.

"...water system and costs $40 a month for the first 2,000 gallons -- more than double what Austinites pay..."

Nov. 15, 2002 News Feature by Walter Howerton Jr

Buried in Scandal

SCI and the Money Trail

"...governor." Rogers continued, "She's a control freak of the first order."..."

March 26, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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