Hazard Pay for Hourly Workers

"...city of Austin should adopt H-E-B’s policy and give hazard pay to all hourly workers deemed essential and required..."

April 7, 2020 Postmarks

Does It Really Pay to Work in Austin?

Workers earn less in Austin than other major cities

"...the blizzard of statistics on Sept. 26. While incentive pay, hazard pay, and cost-of-living adjustments were factored in, the..."

Oct. 12, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Two Candidates Remain in the Hunt to Lead Austin EMS

Hail to the chiefs

"...last week, Brown offered twice the normal hourly base pay to medics for shifts they volunteer to fill between..."

Jan. 21, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Opinion: Brené Brown – Join Our Union and Take Another Principled Stand

Union organizers argue the UT administration remains beholden to a political leadership that regularly dismisses students' and workers' concerns

"...on campus – specifically vaccine and mask mandates and hazard pay. Members testified to the UT System Board of..."

March 4, 2022 Column by Sol Weiner

Kong: Skull Island

The big ape is back

"...live in the hollow world below. He’s also pulling hazard pay playing super-sized savior to leading man Hiddleston and..."

March 17, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Labor Unrest Ensues as Via 313 Fumbles Worker Appeal

A hot, melty mess

"...concerns. We will also be providing each of them back-pay for their shifts missed," the statement reads...."

Jan. 14, 2022 News Feature by Melanie Haupt

Via 313 Workers Protest for COVID, Employment Protections

Staff claim management suspended them following petition

"...Omicron burns through the community, and requested sick leave, hazard pay, enhanced COVID safety protocols, and more transparency around..."

Jan. 9, 2022 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

Advocacy Group Pushes Back at UT's Reopening Strategy

UT grad students: COVID-19 plans are "inadequate" and "dangerous"

"...employment opportunities; a guarantee of full health insurance coverage; hazard pay for in-person instruction; financial and legal support for..."

July 17, 2020 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Via 313 Workers Unionized and the Whole Service Industry's Invited

A slice of the pie

"...ago. We were all getting COVID, we asked for hazard pay. The company said no" and suspended four workers..."

Aug. 12, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

The Gloves Come Off in Travis County Precinct 4 Race

Primary contest between Margaret Gómez, Susanna Ledesma-Woody heats up

"...18, Gómez pointed to Ledesma-Woody's "successful effort to block hazard pay for Del Valle ISD essential school employees," quoting..."

Jan. 28, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Winebelly Shutters, Via 313 Shudders, Rosen’s and Rosita’s Go Brick-and-Mortar, Huckleberry Has a Moving Experience …

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...them for delivery of a petition requesting sick leave, hazard pay, enhanced COVID safety protocols, and more. Much of..."

Jan. 12, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Council Makes Last-Minute Changes to $4.5 Billion Budget Plan

A budget is born

"...Casar has a significantly larger amendment to increase COVID-19 hazard pay stipends for civilian city employees from $500 to..."

Aug. 13, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Opinion – Protecting Texas Alone: The UT System Has Failed Our Community

Underpaid at UT, a graduate student worker advocacy group, urgently calls for COVID protections

"...multiple side hustles as an essential worker because UT pays its graduate students an average of $11,000 below the..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Column by Underpaid@UT

’Horns Return; COVID to Follow?

The University of Texas community braces for impact as the fall semester gets underway

"...to provide essential workers with $500 per week in hazard pay, and all workers with free and frequent testing..."

Aug. 28, 2020 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

DeVotchKa

Sunday, Sept. 16, Zilker park

"...Miss Sunshine soundtrack became heartstring-pulling juggernauts. Jeanie Schroder earned hazard pay by alternately holding down the low end on..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Music Review by Greg Beets

Crew Stories

Tommy Sturgis

"...crew to join them, arguing that they were receiving hazard pay for such situations. "If you took a light..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Screens Feature by C. Amber Pearce

Naked City

Running Scared

"...mate." Henceforth, perhaps Bush's companions should consider asking for hazard pay...."

Nov. 5, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Sextette

"...in her life, must have been giving her corset-maker hazard pay. As camp, however, it manages to avoid the..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Screens Review by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

El Flaco No Mas?

"...me. I just don't know who I'm supposed to pay off. If you find out, tell them to call..."

June 12, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Neighborhood Watch

"...profitability by toiling in fast-food chain kitchens for little pay and no benefits. Then, after witnessing the essentially futile,..."

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

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...at the end of January without being able to pay any more toward grants. The JEHT grant money was..."

Jan. 9, 2009 News Feature

Page Two

Our 'rights' can be lost in many ways, one of which is to chip away at them because of health, community, decency, moral, and/or ethical standards

"...nonsmokers and for other smokers. This creates a workplace hazard and a health hazard for customers. Areas where smoking..."

May 6, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Armchair Adventures

"Good adventure books do the same thing as a good adventure," Chronicle writer Dan Oko writes in this roundup of recently published adventure books.

"...the staying of reality, while in the nonfiction of hazard our horror and elation come from the knowledge that..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Books Feature by Dan Oko

Merriment & What-Not

Will Eeyore Be Banished From the Hundred Acre Wood?

"...view, overwhelm the park, create a safety and security hazard, destroy the neighbors' quality of life, and do lasting..."

April 11, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Barrientos Misrepresented

"...Barrientos, did not like this, and threatened Austin would pay for its hubris come January."..."

May 7, 1999 Column

No Man's Land

Substandard Conditions Are a Way of Life for Northridge Acres

"...easily, making flushing during a rainstorm a potential health hazard...."

June 9, 2000 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Coal Hard Cash

Alcoa has applied for a mining application in Elgin, near Austin.

"...be useful. Hobbs asked the company for $8,400 to pay for the drilling, plus $7,400 for a filter system...."

Sept. 3, 1999 News Feature

Postmarks

We Get What We Want

"...Stephen's Episcopal School. The latter of which is what pays her bills! I look forward to working with her..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Column

Point Austin: News Not Fit To Print

Trying to find a silver lining ... anywhere

"...It's an occupational hazard of course, here at the Chronicle News desk, to..."

Jan. 28, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Clear-Cutting Austin

Rapid growth laying waste to city's urban forest

"...as removal of a damaged tree that poses a hazard to life or property). "Removal" can mean more than..."

Sept. 21, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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