Worst. Session. Ever.

With three days left, legislature hurtling to the abyss

"...few people had noticed was that the long-overdue post-Katrina Texas Windstorm Insurance Association reform was also failing. Same reason..."

May 27, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

'Surely We're All Worth a Nickel?'

Will AISD flinch from tax election?

"...has one of the lowest tax rates in Central Texas and in its own recent history. Meanwhile, its teachers..."

Aug. 23, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

TEA Is Taking Over Special Ed at AISD and Parents Aren’t Happy

Now that’s the tea

"...has disgusted parents and teachers at Austin ISD. The Texas Education Agency, under federal investigation since 2020 for mishandling..."

April 7, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Activists Protest Southwest Key at CEO’s Home

Frente de Liberación Inmigrante call on Sanchez to break gov contracts

"...nonprofit that runs 27 migrant youth shelters in three states, including 16 in Texas. Activists slammed CEO Juan Sanchez..."

June 29, 2018 News Post by Mary Tuma

Newsgeist: 2/21/11

The spirit of the news

"...full of news stories on subjects like the Wisconsin unions, concealed handguns on campuses, and the Libyan protests. Read..."

Feb. 21, 2011 News Post by Eric Pickhartz

Voters for Business Candidates

"...Board is desperate for help fixing it. (This week, Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Rylander will begin conducting an audit..."

June 7, 2002 News Feature by Cathy Vaughan

Larson SAFE at Home

Baseball Boosters Seek Swing Vote

"...the city nor by Swing corporate sponsor the Austin American-Statesman...."

Aug. 18, 1995 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

How to Raise Worker Wages

Organize, arrive, persist, persist, persist

"...May 22, 2015) that detailed the dissatisfaction some Wheats­ville employees had about the level of their pay. Not only..."

March 31, 2017 News Feature by Jack Craver

Point Austin: Hold That Bus!

New labor deal proposed for Cap Metro waits for willing riders

"...the agency's outsourcing that has undermined wages and threatened union jobs and in return create a "meet and confer"..."

April 6, 2007 News Column by Michael King

A Battle on the Shuttle

For aggrieved UT drivers, the buck stops at Capital Metro

"...onetime UT Shuttle bus driver and former Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1549 President Cordie Ray, the basis for the..."

May 21, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...bad policy for Austin taxpayers and for all city employees except firefighters, and we urge voters Saturday to reject..."

May 14, 2004 Column

The Bus Stops Here: Cap Metro

One-day strike ratchets up tensions between transit agency and union

"...about it," said Bob Johnson, vice-president of Amalgamated Transit Union 1091, as he stood outside the transportation authority's administrative..."

Sept. 30, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Nuclear Stalemate

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

"...kind of meltdown may be brewing at the South Texas Project -- the result of a contract dispute between..."

Oct. 12, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Point Austin: Bare Necessities

Budget decisions are about money ... and justice

"...negotiation. First came ritual huffing and puffing from the Statesman's editors about the all-powerful public safety unions and how..."

Aug. 15, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Capital Metro Strike Threat Looms

Despite citizen efforts to intervene, negotiations have not progressed

"...Ride is ripped from the playbook of Envision Central Texas, the theoretically progressive umbrella organization devoted to managing growth..."

Jan. 27, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Chronicle -- Finish the Story -- and Unionize!..."

May 2, 2003 Column

Drive to Unionize the Statesman Newsroom Prevails

Strength in numbers

"...Wednesday, Feb. 24, the editorial staff at the Austin American-Statesman voted 36-12 to form a union, becoming the third..."

March 5, 2021 News Feature by Jose Benjamin Montaño

Building Austin

As the city grows, is it being cavalier about the well-being of the laborers who are assembling Austin's new face?

"...number of circumstances combine to make working construction in Texas an especially precarious proposition. About 50% of Texas construction..."

Aug. 28, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

AISD Approves Employee Policy (Finally)

Six months of delays leads to 6-1-1 vote

"...facility, and those meetings will be open to all employees. That means that, while Education Austin remains the exclusive..."

April 24, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Riding to the End of the Line

Can Cap Metro weather the recession, balance its books ... and run the buses and trains on time?

"...direction – an organization calling itself the Bus Riders Union of Austin argues that fares should be eliminated altogether,..."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

AISD's Fingerprints

Teachers speak out against having to get fingerprinted

"...that motion, he became the first person in the state to submit to a new, state-mandated regime of fingerprinting..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature by Justin Ward

Capital Metro's Labor Woes Continue

Accusations fly from union of illegal interference in negotiations

"...By the time you read this, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1091 and Capital Metro's largest contractor, StarTran, will..."

Sept. 16, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Pension Concern Serious

"...Louisa C. Brinsmade on the pension woes of school employees [Vol. 16, No. 25] needs clarification on one point..."

March 7, 1997 Column

Pushing for Real Police Oversight in Contract and on the Ballot

What exactly is a G File?

"...details remain secret. They go, metaphorically, into what in Texas is called a "G file." [inset-1-right]..."

July 15, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Chips Are Down

Budget balancing picks up speed – and it's anything but fun and games

"...the eventual property-tax rate and prospective pay for city employees, especially the most well-compensated. The Tax Question..."

June 26, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Workers Tell Council: 'It's Our Turn'

AFSCME reps want raise, official recognition, and broader definition of 'public safety'

"...of Austin's local chapter of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees union clogged the pipeline into..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Labor Woes at Cap Metro

Capital Metro service hangs in the balance at 11-hour union negotiations

"...negotiations with the men and women of Amalgamated Transit Union 1091, with tomorrow, Friday, Aug. 5, looming as the..."

Aug. 5, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Cap Met Labor Update

Proposal to bring all employees in-house and end outsourcing at agency passes unanimously

"...Metro board member Lee Leffingwell's proposal to bring all employees in-house and end outsourcing at the agency passed unanimously..."

March 23, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...corruption charges. The attorney general cut a deal with state prosecutors on Monday to resolve the nine-year-old felony fraud..."

March 29, 2024 News Feature

Point Austin: Invisible No More

Houston janitors strike a mighty blow for the value and dignity of labor

"...Judging by the omens, Capital Metro's Houston-based, union-busting lawyer, Jeff Londa, will soon need to spend more..."

Dec. 1, 2006 News Column by Michael King

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