A Cuban Journalist Adjusts to Service-Sector Precarity in North Texas
My life as an immigrant is summarized as paying for a car to go to work and working to pay for that car.
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Fighting for Breaks on Multiple Fronts
Workers and activists implore Governor Greg Abbott to consider the dire need for protections in the record-breaking heat.
Texas Workers, Congressman Launch ‘Thirst Strike’ for Heat Protections
“My brother would still be here if he just had a water break,” said Jasmine Granillo, who’s joining the call for OSHA to save workers from the Texas Legislature.
Murió ayudando a construir la Gigafábrica de Tesla. Tesla no reportó su muerte a funcionarios locales.
Antelmo Ramírez era papá, abuelo y esposo. Su muerte por hipertermia no figura en el informe de Tesla requerido como parte del acuerdo fiscal con el condado de Travis.
He Died Helping Build Tesla’s Gigafactory. Tesla Didn’t Tell Local Officials.
Antelmo Ramirez was a dad, grandpa, and husband. His death by hyperthermia is absent from a Tesla report required as part of a Travis County tax deal.
The Life, Death, and Life of San Antonio’s Symphony
A decades-long fight for high art is also a fight for organized labor in the state’s second-largest city.
Photo Essay: The Dignity of Work
Across four generations, one family of photographers has captured the history of Texas workers.
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Unions Fight to Make Good Jobs Out of Texas’ Solar Boom
Labor organizers in the state are fighting to ensure workers are skilled tradespeople—not just exploited temps.
Elon Musk’s Tesla Gigafactory Built on Wage Theft and Safety Violations, Texas Workers Allege
Two federal filings claim workers were not paid at all or were shorted on overtime pay and that a worker was provided with fake OSHA certificates while building the Travis County facility.
Injured, Sick, Widowed, and Sued
Cities are filing lawsuits to claw back first responders’ hard-won workers’ compensation.