How to Raise Worker Wages

Organize, arrive, persist, persist, persist

"...strike – but for Wheatsville, sustained complaints from underpaid workers threatened to undermine its image as an ethical and..."

March 31, 2017 News Feature by Jack Craver

Undocumented, Unafraid

Balancing fear and power in the wake of ICE arrests

"...Yunuen Alvarado sat motionless at her desk. The 18-year-old undocumented Texas State University student fixed her eyes on a..."

March 10, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

A Better Life

An undocumented Mexican worker in Los Angeles who struggles to earn a living and keep his teenage son from joining a gang is the subject of this heartfelt drama.

"...new film, A Better Life, the story of an undocumented Mexican worker in Los Angeles and his struggle to..."

July 8, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Common Law

Immigrant Worker's Rights

"...answer to questions received by her office regarding immigrant workers' rights. – Luke Ellis..."

June 27, 2008 Column by Edna Yang

Cam

Online sex worker drama massages authenticity into techno-thriller

"...charming insight into the life of an online sex worker. Lola (Brewer, best known as The Handmaid's Tale's Janine)..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Don't Fence Me In

Same Old Story

"...city's bustling construction industry. The program attempts to match workers' skills with employers' needs. It also issues each worker..."

April 2, 1999 News Feature by Melissa Sattley

Time for a Change

A look back at Cristina Tzintzún's time fighting for immigrant rights

"...listening to speeches. It was the successful culmination of Workers Defense Project's latest action, a three-day pilgrimage from the..."

Dec. 4, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Lege Lines: Derailing Bipartisan Progress?

Political pandering in the face of actual action

"...and his proposal of an amendment that would disqualify undocumented families from the extended kinship payments. "Why would we..."

March 10, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Gatekeeper

"...Suddenly, he has no identity but that of an undocumented worker, who, by day, is forced to work in..."

July 18, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Beside the Point: Your Job or Your Life

It's time for workers to have better choices

"...Unfortunately, the Texas Legislature doesn't find worker safety to be a pressing issue. The Texas construction..."

July 17, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Page Two: The Business of America

Solutions to the made-up immigration 'problem' would be an expansive and burdensome assault on both companies and individuals

"...the question of how to deport this country's entire undocumented immigrant population is "by attrition." Any proposal short of..."

April 4, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Labor: Good, Bad ... and Ugly

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

"...Workers will likely cheer SB 151-155, a quintet of bills..."

Jan. 9, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Sundance Announces Shorts Program

Texans get the nod

"...tensions boil as Sam suspects that Juan is an undocumented worker...."

Dec. 8, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Review: The Thief Collector

Crime curiosity leaves its questions unanswered

"...into increasingly more implausible warrens (Did Jerry murder an undocumented worker on his property? Was Rita the model for..."

March 14, 2022 SXSW Post by Josh Kupecki

Syrian Refugees Allowed in Texas

State will take in 21 people

"...emphasis from one false conflation ("immigrant equals Mexican equals undocumented worker/drug runner") to a new one ("refugee equals Muslim..."

Dec. 11, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The AggreGAYtor: November 19

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...chapter at UT Austin is organizing a “criminalize an undocumented worker” event...."

Nov. 19, 2013 Qmmunity Post

Film News

As Perry proposes $20 million for incentives in budget, two major productions open up shop in Austin

"...about August Evening, Chris Eska's story of an aging undocumented worker, which shot in southern Texas? Who'd I leave..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Making 'Room' for Kyle Henry in Cannes; plus, 'August Evening,' 'Everything in Between,' and 'Dallas'

"...to lend authenticity to his tale of an aging undocumented worker and his widowed daughter-in-law whose lives are thrown..."

April 29, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

American Movie

What to see at the sixth annual Cine Las Americas.

"...for Ajileo Barajas to cross the border as an undocumented worker, guess what kind of work he's looking for?..."

April 25, 2003 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Live From SXSW's Screening Room

"...Feature Special Screenings, World Premiere Dolores (Ortiz) is an undocumented worker from El Salvador who cleans luxury apartments in..."

March 14, 2003 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Between Worlds

Cine las Americas Festival of New Latin American Cinema

"...plays one of the hotel's last tenants, Ignacio, an undocumented worker whose wife and children were killed in Chiapas...."

April 21, 2000 Screens Feature

TV Goes Hollywood

TV Diary

"...wedding to marry off Jack (Sean Hayes) to an undocumented worker, Will (Eric McCormack) and Grace (Debra Messing) decide..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Ghost Taxpayers

Despite what you may have heard from anti-immigration types about foreign freeloaders taking our jobs and our services without chipping into the national kitty, an increasing number of undocumented immigrants pay taxes.

"...harder if you're trying to file taxes as an undocumented immigrant...."

April 28, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Opposition to Social Security 'No Match' Letters Mounting

Activists take action against Department of Homeland Security plans to turn Social Security 'no match' letters into a vehicle for immigration enforcement

"...enforcement. The letters are sent to employers when a worker's stated Social Security number does not match records in..."

Sept. 21, 2007 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

CNN Obama-Clinton Debate: The full transcript

Word for word, the whole shebang

"...her sister who's ill. In Youngstown, Ohio, talked to workers who have seen their plants shipped overseas as a..."

Feb. 21, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Fighting for Justicia

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

"...Maria Duque first approached the Workers Defense Project in 2007. She hoped to recover her..."

Sept. 21, 2012 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

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's been two months since construction worker Ramiro Loa fell to his death while working on..."

Aug. 28, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

America the Brutal

Missed Information

"...process of gaining legal residency, and another who is undocumented. So, for those who thought this law would impact..."

June 27, 1997 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

New Name, Same Game

S-Comm's end hasn't lessened the fear of deportation for Travis County's immigrants

"...Amer­i­cans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA), which would allow undocumented parents of U.S. citizens or legal residents to apply..."

July 10, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Men at Work

City's day laborer program undergoes successful overhaul

"...the start, due largely to the deleterious mixture of workers and the homeless and transient population that mingled together..."

Nov. 12, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

1   2   3     NEXT ›    3 »