Council: Labor Protections and Job Evaluations

Marc Ott's job performance goes up for debate this week

"...March 24 meeting, City Council approved a number of labor-friendly measures, including Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo's resolution to..."

April 1, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Opinion: Now Is Not the Time to Loosen Child Labor Regulations – Especially in Dangerous Industries

Child labor laws are trending in the wrong direction and we are putting children's health and development at risk. Now is the time to advocate for legislative changes at the state and national levels.

"...about social justice, wrote that the benefits and greatest protections in society should be given to the most vulnerable..."

July 21, 2023 Column by Hope Ferdowsian

Tesla Gigafactory to be Investigated for Labor Standards Violations

Workers Defense Project calls out wage theft, unsafe conditions

"...On Tuesday, the Workers Defense Project filed two labor standards violation referrals to the Department of Labor’s Wage..."

Nov. 16, 2022 News Post by Lina Fisher

Labor: Good, Bad ... and Ugly

Pro-worker bills filed – anti-worker bills with better prospects

"...by Sen. José Rodríguez, D-El Paso, that would strengthen labor protections. SB 151, jointly filed with Sen. Judith Zaffirini,..."

Jan. 9, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Spears Gets Nod From Labor

Maxey says tax assessor is a "Johnny-come-lately" on employee protections

"...Last week, with the Central Labor Council endorsements looming, former state Rep. Glen Maxey again..."

Jan. 15, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Top 10 Labor Stories

Treat your workers right

"...4) Obama Protects Workers ... The U.S. Department of Labor established a rule designed to widen overtime pay to..."

Dec. 30, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Via 313 Workers Protest for COVID, Employment Protections

Staff claim management suspended them following petition

"...Across the country, as the service industry faces a labor shortage twice that of other industries, it’s becoming clear..."

Jan. 9, 2022 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

Notes on Kamp: Theory and Practice

Labor protections are worthless if not enforced

"...And when you look at the protections for workers that are law, and compare it to..."

May 27, 2016 News Column by Amy Kamp

Big, Contentious Austin Energy Rate Hike Finally Arrives at Council

Power for the people?

"...24 at AE's new headquarters at Mueller with local labor unions, Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter, Sunrise Austin, and..."

Nov. 25, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Fight for $15 Protests Fast Food Working Conditions

Rallies come on heels of negative labor report on Austin restaurants

"...In an event organized by the labor rights group Fight for $15 Texas, Binzha and Hernandez..."

Oct. 14, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Postmarks

Global Warming, Public Schools, and Jazz a la Zorn.

"...lurch can be seen in rollbacks in environmental protection, labor protections, consumer rights, and fair trade. But the Dems'..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Column

Point Austin: When a House Is Not a Home

Workers and homeowners seek justice from home builders

"...The protesters – folks from the national Laborers' International Union of North America as well as the..."

Dec. 11, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Headlines

"...After passing a handful of labor-related issues last week, City Council meets today, March 31,..."

April 1, 2016 News Feature

The Hightower Report

Bushites squelch negative Central American labor conditions report; and sustainable food program teaches students more than they'll ever learn in a sterile classroom

"...what they've tried to do to a report about labor abuses in Central America. For more than a year,..."

Aug. 12, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

City Council Picks Up the Pieces

"...the possibility that Council will look into providing what labor protections it can to drivers. "It doesn't matter what..."

May 13, 2016 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Capitol Chronicle

In the Bush era, Labor Day gives little cause for celebration

"...Labor Day came and went inauspiciously, as President Bush traveled..."

Sept. 5, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Tell Us Something We Don't Know

Capital Metro report discovers that the agency's been badly managed. Who knew?

"...And now these guys are supposed to rein in labor costs?..."

April 30, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Building Austin

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

"...It doesn't help that Texas is perhaps the least labor-friendly of all 50 states. It's the only state that..."

Aug. 28, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

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

"...Weathering the pandemic requires meaningful collaboration with and protections for precarious members of UT's community...."

Sept. 4, 2020 Column by Underpaid@UT

Austin First Fair Chance City in the South

Ban the box ordinance passes Council

"...at the end of a meeting that saw several labor protections enacted, including a resolution to strengthen nondiscrimination protections..."

March 25, 2016 News Post by Amy Kamp

The Next Austin Bust

Will it be bad? Can we be ready? Or should we not care?

"...that are re-energizing a still-diverse Eastside. "We need to collaborate so we can inspire people, instead of using language..."

March 8, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Headlines

"...16 business groups have banded together to fight Austin labor ordinances at the Capitol. The Alliance for Securing and..."

Oct. 26, 2018 News Feature

The Hightower Report: 2016 Presidential Candidates Address Inequality (Sort of)

Aid goes to the same old corporate elites

"...corporations and the rich, do away with environmental and labor protections, and cut or privatize government programs – from..."

May 29, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...– to draw attention to the need for federal labor protections in light of Texas' cruel HB 2127 that..."

July 28, 2023 News Feature

Reading the Seaweed (and Egg Shapes)

Dr. Morgaine Gaye connects the future of fashion and food

"...observation in the wake of Arkansas’ repeal of child labor protections). While we were all distracted by COVID, she..."

March 12, 2023 SXSW Post by Melanie Haupt

Texas Workforce Commission Overflowing With Unemployment Claims

Has COVID-19 exposed the flaws in an inadequate state system?

"...the state’s slow response to the pandemic and weak labor protections as ways officials have assured the current disaster..."

April 3, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

In Search of Amazon

Mayor writes in support of Austin location for corporate “HQ2”

"...(They didn’t mention the state’s generally low wages, weak labor protections, and extremely corporate-friendly tort law, but presumably Amazon’s..."

Oct. 26, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Notes on Kamp: Everybody Loses

Council considers bad, outdated regs for Uber and Lyft

"...fact that they're playing fast and loose with long-established labor protections by refusing to acknowledge that their drivers actually..."

April 8, 2016 News Column by Amy Kamp

Follow the Money

City attempts to keep up with growing need for services

"...children, and it's favored innovation at the cost of labor protections."..."

Oct. 23, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Wal-Mart Is Evil

"...exporting manufacturing jobs to authoritarian countries with no real labor protections. Mainly China, you know, Tiananmen Square China? Remember?..."

Dec. 14, 2006 Postmarks

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