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Labor

Will Texas Workers Ever Get a Break from the Summer Heat?

A long-awaited hearing on a proposed OSHA heat protection rule is set for June 16, but workers are uncertain to get relief under Trump.

by Josephine Lee

Keep Reading

‘We’re Not Just Some Bureaucrats’: DOE Employees on How Their Work Helps Texas Students

by Josephine Lee

In Austin, a Rare Prosecution over Worker Death in Trench Collapse

by Lina Fisher

A Cuban Journalist Adjusts to Service-Sector Precarity in North Texas

by Jesús Jank Curbelo

Feb 25, 2013

Federal Immigration Reform Proposals Ignore Workers’ Rights

by Priscila Mosqueda

Dec 05, 2012

Too Heavy To Bear: How the Armored Car Industry Leaves Workers Unprotected

At 24, Ray Wauson was thrilled to land a job as an armored-car guard. But he was entering an unregulated world in which the people guarding the cargo are often defenseless against the cargo itself.

by Patrick Michels

Questions for Carlos Perez de Alejo on Worker Cooperatives

De Alejo makes the case for how worker-owned cooperatives can build a more democratic economy and a cleaner environment.

by Forrest Wilder

Educating Workers about Labor Laws in Mexico

by Huma Munir

Organizing Asarco Workers

by Priscila Mosqueda

Seeking Worker Rights for Cab Drivers

by Patrick Michels

Workers Down, Bosses Up: A Morality Play

by Jim Hightower

Hiding Worker Injuries

by Jim Hightower

Labor Day: Honoring Labor in the South

by Chris Kromm

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