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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

Texas Teachers against gun violence rally outside Ted Cruz's office after Uvalde mass shooting [MySA] 2022-05-31

Texas Teachers demand immediate action on guns, as 21 are killed in elementary school shooting [EI] 2022-05-28

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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]

Texas New Texas law will get rid of water breaks for outdoor workers amid extreme heat 2023-06-23 [ABC News]

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

Texas Gov Greg Abbott has cut required water breaks for Texas construction workers and labor advocates say it could kill them 2023-06-19 [Yahoo]

Texas Greg Abbott has cut required water breaks for Texas construction workers and labor advocates say it could kill them 2023-06-19 [Yahoo]

Texas Dallas News Guild ratifies collective bargaining agreement 2023-06-16 [WFAA]

Texas ‘This is wrong’: Women officers fight for gender equality, reform in El Paso Police Department 2023-06-07 [The Standard]

Texas Ascension Seton nurses overwhelmingly vote to strike following months of no deal on union contract 2023-06-02 [KVUE]

Texas Union Starbucks workers say organizer was illegally fired over protected labor activity 2023-05-08 [NPR]

Texas Austin workers form first animation studio union in Texas; organize with IATSE 2023-04-28 [NPR]

Texas CALL NOW to tell your representative to protect local democracies and VOTE NO on HB 2127! 2023-04-17 [TX Gulf Coast AFL-CIO]

Texas ACT NOW! Call your legislator and tell them to stop this destructive attack on our communities and VOTE NO on HB 2127 2023-04-17 [TX Gulf Coast AFL-CIO]

Texas Tell Greg Abbott - hands off HISD! 2023-03-03 [AFL-CIO]

Texas Texas workers file thousands of wage theft claims but recouping money proves difficult 2023-01-25 [CBS DFW]

Texas OSHA issues call to action for Texas employers to protect workers during freezing temperatures 2022-12-22 [Click2Houston]

Texas Cafeteria workers have ‘walked out’ from 3 Hereford ISD schools due to demand of employee bonuses 2022-12-21 [KFDA]

Texas 100 unionized Starbucks stores go on workers strike this weekend 2022-12-19 [KXAN]

Texas Railroad worker dies after explosion caused by fuel at tracks near Old Town Spring, authorities say 2022-11-06 [Click2Houston]

 VIDEO Texas The first independent restaurant union in the South For more info 2022-10-29 [More Perfect Union]

Texas Exxon refinery lockout 'unlawful,' back pay sought by U.S. Labor Board 2022-10-04 [Reuters]

Texas Houston Starbucks workers go on temporary strike after union leader was fired 2022-10-04 [Chron]

Texas Election workers abruptly quit, upending rural Texas county 2022-08-22 [AP]

Texas Starbucks at Rayzor Ranch in Denton first in Dallas-Fort Worth to unionize 2022-07-01 [Denton Rec-Chronicle]

Texas Teachers demand immediate action on guns, as 21 are killed in elementary school shooting 2022-06-10 [Education International]

Texas Texas State Teachers Association President Olivia Molina On Texas School Massacres, Covid & Privatization For more info 2022-06-07 [WW]

Texas Austin Starbucks employees become first to successfully unionize in TX 2022-06-05 [KVUE]

Texas Texas Democrats, unions call on Interior to protect workers' rights in offshore wind leasing 2022-06-02 [The Hill]

Texas Teachers against gun violence rally outside Ted Cruz's office after Uvalde mass shooting 2022-05-31 [MySA]

Texas Teachers demand immediate action on guns, as 21 are killed in elementary school shooting 2022-05-28 [EI]

Texas KS AFL-CIO Statement on Uvalde, TX Massacre 2022-05-28 [Newswire]

Texas AFL-CIO on elementary school mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas 2022-05-26 [AFL-CIO]

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