Labor

A Boom of Strip Club Lawsuits in Texas

Unpaid exotic dancers are suing—and often winning back wages—but clubs and corporations aren’t changing their ways.

Big corporate chains are proving to be recalcitrant negotiators.

The win for worker advocates came unexpectedly—and may not last long.

As a Latina immigrant, Montserrat Garibay broke barriers in the Texas labor movement. Now she enters the national stage.

A proposal to end collective bargaining, on the ballot May 1, aims to spur police accountability in Texas’ second-largest city.

As COVID-19 devastates workers unable to stay home, families are left struggling for justice.

At the beginning of 2020, there were zero union papers in the Lone Star State. Soon, it seems, there will be three.

North Texas journalists want to make labor history in the Lone Star State. The A. H. Belo Corporation would prefer they didn’t.

Kroger revoked its “Hero Pay” in May, while public health experts warn of COVID-19 surges as Texas reopens.

Domestic workers already lacked contracts, wage protections, and health care benefits. Then, the COVID-19 pandemic hit.