Labor Unions Split on Mayoral Race

Why Watson lost out on the Central Labor Council endorsement

"...13, Mayor Kirk Watson dropped a long list of labor endorsements for his reelection campaign, with the email subject..."

Oct. 4, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Cap Met Axes Labor Relations Manager Position

Transit authority's union concerned about unexpected move's impact on upcoming negotiations

"...week Capital Metro did away with the position of labor relations manager. But the job wasn't staffed by just..."

July 27, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Vinylly Getting Organized

A vinyl venture, and a word from Davie Allan

"...it ... He didn’t so I made it a labor of love in doing it myself. Speaking of a..."

July 7, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

After Long Labor, an Integral Care Union Is Born

County's largest mental health provider comes to terms with workers

"...sky's the limit," Kolb told us. "Now that we're organized, we finally have some real power at the agency."..."

June 3, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Point Austin: Did You Work Last Weekend?

Reflections on the value of Texas labor

"...In honor of a particularly wistful Labor Day, let's take a moment to review a few..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Union's Due

Labor lawyer David Van Os stands accused by former employees of blocking their attempts to organize

"...Labor attorney David Van Os is about the last man..."

April 6, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

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

Mandatory Talk

Cheap Labor

"...Austin American-Statesman's business section on Dec. 10, titled "Prison labor is making a comeback."..."

Jan. 1, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

How to Raise Worker Wages

Organize, arrive, persist, persist, persist

"...provisions imposed by the Obama administration under the Fair Labor Standards Act, despite their ultimately being blocked by a..."

March 31, 2017 News Feature by Jack Craver

Page Two: Workingman's Blues

The real history of labor and union organizing is ignored and largely unknown

"...One can have serious questions about the role of labor unions in modern business without having to question the..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Point Austin: Invisible No More

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

"...home. Thanks to the heroic efforts of Houston janitors organized by the Service Employees International Union, culminating in a..."

Dec. 1, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Labor brought the good news to Austin last weekend at..."

Nov. 28, 1997 News Feature

Postmarks

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

"...flabbergasted to read "Union's Due," Kevin Fullerton's article on labor lawyer David Van Os in the April 6 issue..."

April 13, 2001 Column

Capital Metro Should Bargain!

"...just accepted. Here in the South, the myth that organized labor is equal to organized crime just continues to..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Postmarks

Union Charges Cap Metro Subcontract Conflicts

Was cronyism involved in picking those new subcontractors?

"...an option for streamlining the agency's relationship with its labor force, and argued that the agency's costs were higher..."

May 11, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Point Austin: Making Connections

Organized labor reaches out to all workers

"...Unions: It Takes a Movement, UT law professor and labor scholar Jack Getman argued that if unions are to..."

March 2, 2012 News Column by Michael King

'He's Forked Himself'

Our Full conversation with Louis Dubose about 'The Hammer'

"...Much as the PRI [Institutional Revolutionary Party] has captured organized labor in Mexico and made it a part of..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Page Two: An Injury to All

The universal perils of union busting

"...working hand in glove with management, has sucker punched labor...."

April 8, 2011 Column by Louis Black

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,..."

Oct. 14, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, March 17-24

"...ORGANIZED LABOR'S LAST STAND? A talk on the labor struggle..."

March 18, 2011 News Column

Conspiracy Theorists Are the True Patriots; Black Doth Protest Too Much

"...Abuses of the robber barons and the rise of organized labor? McCarthyism and the liberal turn during the Sixties?..."

July 6, 2007 Postmarks

Ralph's Road Show

From the beginning, Nader's visit to Austin was sold-out activist central.

"...agenda (campaign finance reform, national health insurance, solar energy, organized labor, poverty, etc.), and offered this grim observation of..."

Feb. 1, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

ATU vs. Martinez: 'Better a Dog' for Council

ATU 1091 President Jay Wyatt has some choice words about Martinez

"...(thus familiar with the pains of both management and labor), the endorsement of his opponent, Laura Pressley, by local..."

April 13, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Austin @ Large: Vote, With Your Feet

This week's elections set the stage for years of citizen butt-kicking to come

"...in the opposite direction when it comes to the labor rights of the city's firefighters, and by extension its..."

May 14, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

From Leftist to Left-ish

The "Real" Garbage Can

"...as the gay community, consumer advocates, civil libertarians, and organized labor -- do not regard him as flawless (though..."

Oct. 9, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Pushing for Real Police Oversight in Contract and on the Ballot

What exactly is a G File?

"...year's negotiations for a new police contract, the city's Labor Relations Office is proposing to do away with G..."

July 15, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Fighting for Justicia

Workers Defense Project celebrates 10 years on the front lines of Texas labor

"...PDL, as it's known in Spanish, for Proyecto Defensa Laboral. Right away, she felt she could trust the volunteers..."

Sept. 21, 2012 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

A Way Out of the Desert?

Sanchez and Morales hustle for the AFL-CIO.

"...was also distressed that Morales, despite past support by organized labor, didn't even bother to contact the AFL-CIO before..."

Jan. 18, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Page Two: Grand Schemes and Enthralling Documents

Film, conspiracy theories, and conspiracy theories on film coalesce as SXSW looms

"...a good deal. Well, he's turning into something called organized labor, and you don't like that at all. And..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Column by Louis Black

House Hunting

Underdog Stella Roland challenges incumbent Dawnna Dukes to represent East Austin in the Texas House of Representatives.

"...powerful law firms; oil, gas, and utility PACs; and organized labor groups such as the AFL-CIO...."

Feb. 18, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

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