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Houston Local 2198 Young Workers Honor Black Labor Legacy, Ignite Next Generation of Solidarity 2026-02-18 [IAM Union]

NLRB cited SpaceX for labor law violations; after Trump gutted it, the board said it no longer had jurisdiction 2026-02-11 [New York Times]

Hundreds of Texas workers hit in mass layoff wave 2026-01-09 [MySanAntonio]

Trump-gutted NLRB abandons one labor complaint against Musk's SpaceX 2026-01-09 [Bloomberg]

AFT sues state over baseless investigations into educators after the assassination of Charlie Kirk 2026-01-07 [AFT]

Top union accuses Texas of targeting teachers over Charlie Kirk posts 2026-01-07 [The Guardian]

Dallas Fed says a lack of immigrant workers is slowing economic growth in North Texas 2025-12-29 [WFAA]

Unionized hospitality workers in Houston saw ‘historic’ wins in 2025. More could see gains in 2026 2025-12-29 [HPR]

Unionized hospitality workers in Houston saw ‘historic’ wins in 2025. More could see gains in 2026 2025-12-29 [Houston Public Media]

After 40 days on picket line, union workers at Hilton Americas-Houston end strike 2025-10-16 [Houston Pub Media]

After 40 days on picket line, union workers at Hilton Americas-Houston end strike 2025-10-11 [HPM]

George R. Brown Convention Center workers to hold strike vote for $23 minimum wage 2025-09-25 [The Chronicle]

'Harbinger': Why historians are closely watching the hotel workers strike at Hilton Americas-Houston 2025-09-07 [The Chronicle]

Three workers die in Trinity County after hydrogen sulfide leak at sewer facility 2025-08-28 [Houston Chronicle]

Workers at 'Largest' Beef Processing Plant in US Vote to Authorize Strike 2025-06-30 [Parade]

Lone Star Labor: Texas Workers Unite! 2025-06-20 [TX AFL-CIO]

North Texas union truck drivers threaten strike over fair wages and autonomous semi concerns 2025-05-14 [CBS]

Austin Public Health reassigning workers after losing $15 million in federal grants 2025-04-30 [CBS]

More Texas healthcare workers join CWA 2025-02-06 [CWA]

Midland PetSmart employees vote to unionize with UFCW Local 540 2025-01-05 [MRT]

In 1977, a farmworkers’ march to DC sought to turn the eyes of the nation onto Texas 2024-10-18 [TPR]

Has the history of the Texas Farm Workers Union been effectively preserved? 2024-10-18 [HPPR]

Thousands join picket line outside Port of Houston container terminal; union leaders hoping for a fair deal 2024-10-02 [KHOU]

Dallas Black Dancers Fight for Their Union 2024-09-14 [Labor Notes]

UPS faces backlash from extreme heat incidents: ‘I got flowers and that was it’ 2024-09-08 [The Guardian]

UPS union workers rally outside McKinney facility, demanding improved heat safety 2024-08-22 [NBC]

Heat exhaustion leads to unconscious UPS driver crashing in North Texas, labor union alleges 2024-08-19 [NBC]

North Texas UPS driver passes out behind the wheel during triple-digit heat, union claims 2024-08-18 [WFAA]

TX law gets rid of mandatory rest breaks for construction workers 2024-07-30 [CNA]

'We've had people brandishing AK-47s': Union urges stop to violent acts against CenterPoint workers 2024-07-16 [ABC]

IBT SOB Don't Go To Republican Convention! Fascism, Labor & IBT SOB's Visit To Republican Convention For more info 2024-07-10 [LVP]

Austin Pets Alive employees vote to unionize, forming largest U.S. animal shelter union 2024-06-25 [The Daily Texan]

The IBT, AI, Labor, Fascism & The Deadly Heat Wave With IBT VP John Palmer For more info 2024-06-10 [LVP]

Janitors vote to authorize call for a strike if new contract isn't reached this month 2024-05-12 [The Chronicle]

In the age of streaming, some working musicians eye unions as a means to better deals 2024-04-19 [The Standard]

Austin Pets Alive! workers file to become nation’s largest animal shelter union 2024-04-07 [KXAN]

Teamsters' boycott pressures Molson Coors back to bargaining table 2024-04-02 [IBT]

San Antonio Workplace Organizing Committee to support local union efforts 2024-04-02 [NPR]

'The fight is honestly just beginning' | YouTube Music employee discusses sudden layoffs 2024-03-03 [KVUE]

Strike in Texas at Molson Coors 2024-02-22 [IUF]

Houston supermarket workers recoup $460,000 after Department of Labor investigation 2024-02-03 [Houston Chronicle]

Trump A “known union buster, scab, and insurrectionist' Says IBT Vice President John Palmer For more info 2024-01-29 [LVP]

The Teamsters, Sean O'Brien, TDU ,Trump & The Upcoming Workers Struggles With IBT VP John Palmer For more info 2024-01-07 [LVP]

Heat-Related Death of Postal Worker Leads to Controversial Fine 2024-01-03 [Scientific American]

Frisco changes workers’ comp policy for first responders 2024-01-01 [Dallas Morning News]

Tesla factory worker attacked by robot that dug its claws into back and arm: report 2023-12-27 [NYPost]

Austin Mayo Clinic removes Steelworkers Union 2023-12-24 [KAAL / ABC]

The Tesla Cybertruck Is the Opposite of Union-Built 2023-12-17 [MSN]

UAW’s contract with Big Three automakers could impact non-union Texas auto workers 2023-11-12 [TX Pubic Radio]

Waffle House workers rally for better pay and safety 2023-11-12 [TPR]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

6-03-1913 Joe Hill's song "There is Power in a Union" first appeared in the @_IWW union's Little Red Song Book. [more]

7-03-1932 Unemployed workers stage a hunger march to the Ford complex at Dearborn, demanding workers be rehired. Police shoot at the demonstration, killing 4 and injuring 60 [more]

7-03-1860 Some 6,000 shoemakers, later joined by 20,000 other workers, are on strike in Lynn, Massachussets. They get wage increases but not recognition for their union. [more]

7-03-1920 “Hunger march” by the unemployed to the Ford factories in Dearborn, asking for help and hiring. Police shoot at crowd, killing 4 and injuring 60 people. [more]

8-03-1942 Lucy Parsons, founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and powerful orator for women, working people, and political prisoners died. [more]

8-03-1926 Fur & Leather Workers Union (mostly women) went on strike in NYC, enduring beatings by police. They won a 10% raise and a five-day week. [more]

9-03-1910 Westmoreland County Coal strikes begins, ending in 1911. It is known as the 'Slovak strike', as 70% of the miners are Slovakian. 16 people are killed. [more]

11-03-1950 TWU members at American Airlines win 11-day national strike, gaining what the union says was the first severance pay clause in industry. [more]

12-03-1929 Lupe Anguiano, women's rights activist and labour organizer, is born. [more]

12-03-1912 The Bread and Roses strikers won all their demands. The strike was organized by mostly women workers and the Industrial Workers of the World and included 20,000 workers. [more]

13-03-1830 The term “rat,” referring to a worker who betrays fellow workers, first appears in print in the New York Daily Sentinel [more]

15-03-1917 The Supreme Court approves the 8-hour day law as rail workers threaten national strike. [more]

15-03-1948 National strike by bituminous coal miners demanding pensions. [more]

16-03-1960 The United Teachers' Federation is formed in New York to represent public school teachers and later all education workers in the metropolis. [more]

18-03-1937 New York City police arrested striking Woolworth's store clerks - mostly women - who had occupied stores demanding a 40-hour workweek. [more]

31-03-1927 Cesar Chavez, Mexican-American labour leader, is born. [more]