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Wheatsville's Frustrated Employees Call for Change
Mismanagement and toxic working conditions remain entrenched in the co-op’s culture
"...A few years ago, Wheatsville implemented a living wage policy for its workers. According to the group,..."

Sept. 6, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

South Austin Institution Whip In Under New Management
Beloved brewpub faces new challenges and former employees’ grievances
"...a point of paying all workers at least a living wage and using higher-quality – albeit pricier – ingredients...."

Sept. 29, 2017 Food Feature by Jack Craver

Zimmerman and Flannigan Face-Off in Candidate Forum
Zimmerman doubles down on opposing climate change, living wage
"...criticized Council’s vote last year to increase the minimum wage for employees from $11.39 to $13.03 an hour, saying..."

Sept. 16, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

So Nice They’re Doing It Thrice
Council to carry over postponed items to Tuesday, Thursday
"...Zimmerman (who described as impossible attempts to determine a “living wage”) approved a resolution directing staff to address the..."

June 22, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Actors' Inequity
The Cost of Art IV: The artists onstage in Austin aren't just not paid what they're worth, many aren't paid at all
"...best case – best case – I make minimum wage. Worst case ... oh, I don't want to think..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Workers Protest Gables
WDP wants developer to ensure its subs pay fair wages
"...Eight painters claim they're owed, collectively, $8,500 in unpaid wages for the work they did on the Gables project..."

Nov. 21, 2014 News Feature by Amy Kamp

New Life for Plaza Saltillo
City to reshape old rail yard into transit hub
"...the developer's commitment to pay all construction workers a living wage...."

June 13, 2014 News Feature by Amy Smith

Council: About Those Tax Bills ...
Vested rights returns to agenda
"...There's more where those came from: a living wage review; a resolution endorsing the new Environmental Protection..."

June 6, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Then There's This: Save the Trees!
Groups aim to spare seven Downtown trees
"...Crow to an enforceable agreement of job safety and living-wage requirements. "I think it was a really good show..."

June 1, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

The Green Deal: Highs and Lows
Council goes all the way with Trammell Crow
"...Crow to a bullet-proof agreement of job safety and living-wage requirements...."

May 25, 2012 News Post by Amy Smith

Albert Nobbs
This melancholy picture is distinguished by Glenn Close's vanishing act in the titular role.
"...Tootsie: Work is scarce, and work that pays a living wage even scarcer. Thus Nobbs the feminine becomes Nobbs..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Politics Gift Guide
Curios for current-events connoisseurs
"...Up at the Bottom Line: The Struggle for the Living Wage!by Richard R. Troxell Plain View Press, 308 pp.,..."

Nov. 26, 2010 News Feature

Point Austin: Bare Necessities
Budget decisions are about money ... and justice
"...next for full-time faculty and staff, a $10 minimum (living) wage for hourly workers, a health insurance contribution from..."

Aug. 15, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Rockin' Solutions: A Four-Piece Combo
Highlights of solutions emerging from the four Live Music Task Force subcommittees
"...Musicians would much prefer to earn a living wage, not rely on charity. So the best help..."

July 18, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Happenings
June 14-20
"...PUBLIC AFFAIRS FORUM SERIES: THE CAMPAIGN FOR A UNIVERSAL LIVING WAGE Richard Troxell, chairman of the Universal Living Wage..."

June 15, 2007 News Feature

Page Two: Thinking Small
When Wal-Mart skates through the development process at Northcross, is it any wonder surrounding neighbors and indie businesses feel betrayed?
"...employer ought to be expected to provide as a living wage and the kind of decent jobs that your..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Column by Nick Barbaro

After a Fashion
Stephen goes off on Fudgems and gets a li'l on himself...
"...the musicians, artists, writers, etc., and pay them a living wage. Let them be able to take care of..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Endorsements
"...as her specific research experience as an expert in wage-and-hour law, which just happens to have been a crucial..."

May 12, 2006 News Feature

Endorsements
"...as her specific research experience as an expert in wage-and-hour law, which just happens to have been a crucial..."

April 28, 2006 News Feature

Point Austin: Wish Lists
AFSCME steps up to the council budget table, and the bonds begin to take shape
"...adjustments necessitated by the previously adopted $10 minimum city wage, and a bilingual stipend akin to that granted to..."

July 29, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Naked City
Progressives organize – yet again – to fight the right
"...metropolitan diversity. Starting with a single issue – the living wage – the coalition used early victories as leverage..."

July 1, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

FronteraFest Schedule
"..."The Living Wage," by the Gypsy Babies. A live "silent movie"..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Arts Feature

The Hightower Report
Monsanto goes on the attack; and giving thanks for American progressivism.
"...barons, but more than 112 cities have already passed living-wage initiatives; students on more than 50 campuses have outlawed..."

Nov. 28, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...SB 350: Living Wage for School District Construction..."

May 23, 2003 Column

Naked City
"...The Universal Living Wage recently became a bit more universal when the..."

June 28, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

From the Bottom Up
"...Getting By in America, for which she labored at minimum-wage jobs in several cities to discover how ordinary working..."

May 31, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City
"...pass a resolution endorsing adjustment of the federal minimum wage to conform to a universal living wage, which uses..."

May 24, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Hightower Brings Thunder To Austin
Jim Hightower's Rolling Thunder Down-Home Democracy Tour promises to energize activists in a carnival atmosphere .
"...including the Washington, D.C.-based Citizen Policies Institute, the Universal Living Wage Campaign, the Prison and Jail Accountability Project, the..."

March 15, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City
The Candidates Propose …
"...positions on transportation, projects receiving city funds, sustainability issues ("living wage, affordable housing, health care access"), and safety concerns..."

Nov. 2, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City
Jim Hightower plans to use "Rolling Thunder Chautauquas" to continue building the progressive movement
"...dump may not know the folks organizing for a living wage...."

Jan. 5, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

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