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Workers Defense, Rep. Walle file Heat Safety Bill
March 6, 2024 If passed, the bill would require certain employers to provide heat safety protections to employers and collect heat safety related data AUSTIN
COMUNICADO: Los grupos sindicales apoyan firmemente la próxima votación del Concejo Municipal de Austin para establecer una ordenanza que prevenga el robo de salarios.
Hoy, jueves 1 de diciembre, el Consejo de la Ciudad de Austin votará sobre la Ordenanza de Prevención del Robo de Salarios, lo cual modificaría el Código de la Ciudad para combatir el robo de salarios.
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As extreme heat soars, laws to protect outdoor workers are bubbling up — and facing resistance
As weather starts to cool in much of the country, the heat-baked cement and sweaty afternoons from this summer fade from collective memory. But activists and labor groups representing outdoor workers haven’t forgotten. They are pushing lawmakers and regulators to keep facing the heat.
How the NLRB wants DHS to help it investigate employers
Texas-based nonprofit Workers Defense Project went public Friday with the details of an unfair labor practice charge it filed with the National Labor Relations Board in February.
Texas Workforce Commission years behind on recovering back wages for workers, report finds
Oscar Torres has logged hours working at construction sites across Dallas-Fort Worth throughout the last seven years. Six times now, he hasn’t been rightfully paid, he said, losing upwards of $5,000.
Texas Workers, Congressman Launch ‘thirst Strike’ for Heat Protections
For a full day, Jasmine’s father Gustavo Granillo went thirsty to draw attention to the death of his 25-year-old son Roendy Granillo and pressure the city to pass a water break mandate to protect construction workers from heat illnesses.
