Which Holidays Do State Workers Get?

"...the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, presumably among other state agencies, gives an optional holiday to its workers for..."

Jan. 21, 2010 Postmarks

Amid Coronavirus, Labor Advocates Call on State to End Attack on Paid Sick Leave

Abbott fails to account for millions who can’t just “work from home”

"...and now-dozens of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Texas, state leaders have yet to budge in their ongoing efforts..."

March 13, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

The Hightower Report: Corporate Weasels Try to Escape Paying for Workers' Injuries

Who needs workers' comp? Not big business.

"...of ARAWC – the Associ­a­tion for Responsible Alternatives to Workers' Compensation. Mother Jones magazine reports that this is a..."

April 24, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

Workers Defense and Jolt Founder Announces Candidacy for Senate

Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez joins Dem primary field

"...It’s official this morning: Jolt Texas founder and Workers Defense Project co-founder Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez declared her candidacy..."

Aug. 12, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Via 313 Workers Protest for COVID, Employment Protections

Staff claim management suspended them following petition

"...30th and Guadalupe to protest the suspension of four workers after they presented a petition to management...."

Jan. 9, 2022 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

Local, State Health Leaders Try to Keep Up with COVID-19

Six known cases in Travis County but actual number likely higher

"...With federal leadership still halting at best, state and local officials have doubled down in the last..."

March 16, 2020 News Post by Margaret Nicklas

Council Recap: Strategies for Keeping Austin Workers Safe

City Council tackles reopenings, relief funds, and more

"...staff to create a plan to help keep Austin workers safe as businesses across Texas begin to reopen despite..."

May 22, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Workers Prevail on Wages at ABIA Hyatt

Six ABIA Hyatt Place Hotel subcontractors stiffed workers out of nearly $240,000

"...by the electricians' IBEW Union Local 520, dozens of workers who helped build the new ABIA Hyatt Place Hotel..."

Aug. 25, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Election Workers Needed, Many Polls Combined

Don't forget to vote May 12.

"...by combining many precincts. Nonetheless, they still need election workers. Please click "continue reading" below to see the county..."

May 10, 2007 News Post by Lee Nichols

UPDATED: Cap Metro Workers to Begin Strike Wednesday

Council Member Martinez offers stopgap compromise proposal

"...Union Local 1091, representing Capital Metro's drivers and maintenance workers, announced this morning that its members will go on..."

Oct. 31, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Coleman: Perry Slow on State Schools

Legislative Study Group chair asks why governor has left fixing state residential facilities to legislature

"...yesterday for asking legislators to fast-track reform of the state school system (it's a misnomer: It's actually the residential..."

Feb. 5, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

State Officials "Exploiting" Coronavirus Pandemic to Ban Abortion?

Reproductive rights groups blast Abbott, Paxton

"...In a statement issued Monday, March 23, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton..."

March 24, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

Workers Defense Project Director Opens District Attorney Campaign

José Garza to challenge Margaret Moore

"...As expected, José Garza, currently co-executive director of Workers Defense Project, this week formally announced his candidacy for..."

June 5, 2019 News Post by Michael King

State Facilities Head Leaves for Consulting Gig

Former city employee steps in as interim director

"...Transportation. Their consulting work could include projects for the state, said Johnson, provided there's no conflict of interest. He..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Houston Sues the State Over “Death Star" Law

Lawsuit cities state overreach, vague language, and undue burden on cities

"...The city of Houston hopes to preempt the state's "Death Star" law, a bill passed by the Texas..."

July 14, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

The Liminal Lone Star State: Iliana Sosa’s El Paso in God Save Texas

HBO docuseries screens at AFS Cinema this weekend

"...Making a documentary is always a process of discovery...."

March 1, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Growing State of Downtown

Downtown Austin Alliance releases status report on development

"...the Downtown Austin Alliance (DAA) presented its first ever “State of Downtown.” An accompanying report compiled by the DAA..."

April 30, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

State Agency Turnovers

Jan. 15, 1999 News Feature

Home-Grown Workers

Is Austin's Job Boom Trickling Down to the People?

"...city began attaching stipulations for hiring under-employed and minority workers to the agreements. Nevertheless, the city continues to abate..."

March 27, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

The Theft of Wages Is Sin: Fighting for Migrant Workers

Advocates for migrant workers and local law enforcement team up to get deadbeat employers to pay up.

"...Employers who hire migrant workers and refuse to pay them increasingly face criminal charges..."

Dec. 27, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Austin's Construction Ban Lifted, but Will Workers Be Safe?

COVID-19 remains a hazard as thousands return to job sites

"...allowing residential and commercial building to continue throughout the state. Abbott’s statewide order is based on guidance outlined by..."

April 3, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Hightower Report: Workers' Wages Lost to the Boss

A new study by Good Jobs First finds some major loopholes in withholding

"...My congratulations to workers in 16 states – from Maine to Georgia, New..."

April 27, 2012 News Column by Jim Hightower

KB Home Workers Await Payday

Months after completing work on houses for KB Home, seven construction workers still haven't seen their paychecks

"...Last April, seven construction workers were hired to work on several homes owned by..."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Feature by Diana Welch

The Hightower Report: Scurrilous Corporate Thieves Are Stealing Workers' Comp

No honor among these thieves

"...pushing a vicious new campaign of physical violence against workers. The anti-labor bully, Wal-Mart, is among the leaders, but..."

April 17, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

Labor Changes Irk Transit Workers

New law and money woes prompt Cap Metro changes

"...a rock and a hard place on collective bargaining: State law forbids government employers from engaging in collective bargaining,..."

July 1, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Days of Our Minimum-Wage Workers' Lives

'The hour glass is running out of sand' in dramatic struggle to raise minimum wage for first time in more than nine years

"...the hourglass, so are the days of our minimum-wage workers' lives...."

April 27, 2007 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Slash the State

In Texas, the social contract is now written in disappearing ink

"...Dr. David Tenneson and his merry band of miracle workers saved my life, implanting a couple of additional coronary..."

Aug. 6, 2004 News Column by Michael King

WDP, Labor Department Form Partnership for Workers

New alliance aims to improve working conditions in Texas

"...On July 15, the Workers Defense Project and the U.S. Depart­ment of Labor announced..."

July 30, 2010 News Feature by Michael King

Don't Change Workers' Comp

"...with Senate Bill 5, they are looting the Texas workers' compensation system and hard-working Texans to protect record insurance-company..."

March 15, 2005 Postmarks

Austin City Council Wants to Help Workers Put Their Health First

Sick? Stay home.

"...The City Council wants a strategy to protect workers who feel they cannot stay home and to slow..."

May 22, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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