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Texas New TX bill ending water break mandates is a death sentence for construction workers, experts say [Houston Chronicle] 2023-06-22

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Texas A farmers branch starbucks becomes 19th store in texas to unionize For more info 2023-10-30 [KERA]

Texas UAW expands strike to GM plant in Texas as firm says walkout costs it $200 million a week 2023-10-25 [Wash Post]

Texas Public school teachers in Texas are protesting vouchers. They've enlisted plumbers to help. 2023-10-15 [TPR]

Texas Texas is 6th-worst state for workers, tied for worst for workers' right to organize, Oxfam says 2023-09-07 [San Antonio Express-News]

 VIDEO Texas 'It was a death trap.' These workers died in triple-digit heat. Now their loved ones demand change For more info 2023-08-20 [CNN]

Texas Man who threatened poll workers and Arizona officials is sentenced to 3 1/2 years 2023-08-06 [AZPM]

 VIDEO Texas The 2023 IBT UPS Contract:Fighting Business Unionism & The Struggle With Amazon For more info 2023-08-03 [LVP]

Texas Amid a record heat wave, TX construction workers lose their right to rest breaks 2023-07-21 [NPR]

Texas Texas Governor Outlaws Life-Saving Water Breaks for Workers as Climate Crisis Fuels Heat Waves 2023-07-11 [Democracy Now]

 VIDEO Texas 'Death star’ law will eliminate mandatory water breaks for construction workers 2023-07-04 [KXAN]

 VIDEO Texas The Teamsters 2023 UPS Contract Fight, Democracy & Union Power With IBT VP John Palmer For more info 2023-07-04 [https://youtu.be/ZlirerDyuf4]

Texas As Texas swelters, local rules requiring water breaks for construction workers will soon be nullified For more info 2023-06-29 [TX Tribune]

Texas TX airport worker died after being sucked into the engine of a Delta plane; OSHA fined Piedmont Airlines $15,625 2023-06-26 [NPR]

Texas As the climate crisis accelerates, worker heat protections can help save lives 2023-06-25 [Austin Am-Statesman]

Texas Texas’s “Death Star Bill” Is an Attack on Workers and Democracy 2023-06-24 [Jacobin]

Texas TX law overrides safeguards like water breaks as temperatures rise 2023-06-24 [Yahoo]

Texas Workers Die in Texas Heat as Greg Abbott's Water Break Ban Comes Under Fire 2023-06-23 [Newsweek]

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