Off the Desk

"...-- the conservative portion of western Travis County. Retiring State Rep. Susan Combs has tapped perennial candidate and Republican..."

Jan. 19, 1996 News Feature

Wanted: High-Tech Labor, Will Train

Will a Tight Labor Market Short Circuit Austin's High-Tech Industry?

"...They're having enough trouble finding workers as it is. If Samsung decides to build a..."

Aug. 11, 1995 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Health Care Needs Your Help to Slow COVID-19’s Spread

Keep your distance

"...the widely criticized federal mishandling of the coronavirus crisis, state and local officials have doubled down to try to..."

March 20, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

The Latest on the Local Actions and Reactions to COVID-19

Health officials feel wary but ready

"...that was first identified in China in December. Thirty-eight states and Washington, D.C., now report at least one case..."

March 13, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

How and Why the City and County Chose to Cancel SXSW

Striking precarious, if unachievable, balance between protecting public health and avoiding economic calamity

"...who has traveled recently – increased throughout the United States, the risk of allowing SXSW to proceed also grew...."

March 13, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Notes on Kamp: Why You Should Care About Fight for $15

It doesn't matter what income bracket you're in – the living wage issue impacts everyone

"...Today, April 14, workers will go on strike throughout the country as part..."

April 15, 2016 News Column by Amy Kamp

The Yassine Sixth Street Noir

Legends, rumors, unpaid taxes ... and coke on the side

"...but this was not a polite operation. Sixth Street workers were saying the FBI was out in force and..."

May 18, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Speaks, Cap Metro Listens: Screw the Union

Lege mandates busting union contracts at Cap Metro

"...The state Sunset Advisory Commission recommended it last year, and now..."

June 3, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Point Austin: The Legacy of Solidarity

Film of the 'Austin Chicano Huelga' recounts a city's transformation

"...culture and politics of the entire region. Retired Austin state Sen. Barrientos was introducing the documentary film Economy Furniture..."

Oct. 15, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...21 Rio Workers Seek Back Pay..."

April 30, 2010 News Feature

The View From 21 Rio

Workers mourn and OSHA cites contractors in fatal accident

"...10 construction accident that claimed the lives of three ­workers in a scaffolding collapse. The now completed tower sports..."

Dec. 25, 2009 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...• Workers Comp Plaintiff Dies Confirming the aphorism "justice delayed is..."

Jan. 23, 2009 News Feature

Naked City

Labor Strife at Whole Foods

"...Fearful for their jobs, workers wouldn't talk to Naked City to discuss their issues..."

April 18, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

"...Authority from its list of Central Texas road projects, state Rep. Mike Krusee, R-Round Rock, is trying to form..."

May 3, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Nuclear Stalemate

Negotiations between the South Texas (Nuclear) Project and its union workers threaten to meltdown.

"...Project -- the result of a contract dispute between workers and management...."

Oct. 12, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Color of Justice

A drug bust in tiny Tulia, Texas opens up old racial wounds and raises questions about the veracity of the undercover cop-for-hire who orchestrated it all.

"...of the most common in the modern drug war: State and federal funds, distributed through a regional drug task..."

July 28, 2000 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Plantations to Prison Farms: How Far Have We Come?

Texas’ tradition of forced labor lives on

"...that prisoners do today, on the 6,000 acres of state-owned land that surrounds Memorial Unit...."

June 14, 2024 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Labor Unrest Ensues as Via 313 Fumbles Worker Appeal

A hot, melty mess

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

Jan. 14, 2022 News Feature by Melanie Haupt

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Upcoming Legislative Session

Lawmakers set to tackle immigration, education, legalization, transportation, and more

"...has left the building. On the other hand, many state leaders had quite the scare this past election, and..."

Dec. 14, 2018 News Feature by the News Staff

Does Your Boss Pay You to Miss Work?

They may have to soon

"...likely that similar ordinances will pop up across the state over the coming months and years, and we are..."

Dec. 1, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Money for (Almost) Nothing

Texans may not be getting their money's worth from economic incentive programs

"...On Wednesday, Workers Defense Proj­ect released a study taking a close look..."

Feb. 5, 2016 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Save Our Schools!

Texans advance on Capitol in bid to preserve public schools

"...trustees, union activists, and business interests from across the state to tell legislators that cutting school funding is a..."

March 11, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: A Green and Democratic Place

Local activists kick off co-op project with a visit from Omar Freilla

"...helping to launch a similar local effort: Third Coast Workers for Cooperation. Like the South Bronx GWC, the Third..."

Oct. 2, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Three More Casualties of Austin's Growth

A deadly accident in West Campus highlights the dangers of construction work in Texas

"...That was what a neighbor told the Austin American-Statesman about Wilson Joel Iri­as Cerritos, 30, and Jesus Angel..."

June 19, 2009 News Feature by Michael King

What's Wrong With Cap Metro ... and What's Right

The transit agency is good at a few things – like digging itself into a public relations ditch

"...financial scandal – sort of – when the Austin American-Statesman, employing the kind of screaming headlines we've come to..."

April 24, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Austin group declares solidarity with Arizona boycott

"...Austin's Central Texas Immigrant Workers' Rights Center announced last week that it stands in..."

June 3, 2005 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Postmarks

The Balcones Situation argued, "Zionism" attributed, and some retaliatory kudos for DAILY TEXAN comics.

"...For examples, a union contract does not protect incompetent workers; it does not protect employees who knowingly delete office..."

April 20, 2001 Column

Postmarks

The union's due, the boys in blue, The Sopranos' view, and Miracle Mike takes it on the, um, chin.

"...of thousands of working people in our ultimate right-to-work state of Texas. For those who have worked with him..."

April 13, 2001 Column

Carrying the Burden

During Gov. Bush's campaign for his party's presidential nomination last fall, reporters asked the candidate to comment on a federal government report asserting that many Texans, including large numbers of children, were going to bed hungry. "I saw the report that children in Texas are going hungry. Where?" he demanded, going on to say, "You'd think the governor would have heard if there are pockets of hunger in Texas." Indeed, you would, especially if one of those pockets is just a few miles from his front door, Virginia B. Wood explains as she explores the very pockets of hunger in Austin Bush has difficulty fathoming.

"..."Measuring Food Security in the U.S.," the Lone Star state ranks second in the nation in the numbers of..."

April 28, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Neighborhood Watch

"...the middle-aged eastern Kentucky women who, as fungible, unskilled workers, stoke the fires of corporate profitability by toiling in..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

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