UAW Strikes Expands to General Motors SUV Plant in Texas
From today’s ABC News: First it was Ford, then Stellantis, and now a General Motors factory has been added to the growing list of highly profitable plants where the United…
Climate Change Adds Workplace Costs And Hazards
From today’s Reuters News Service: As Texas baked in this summer’s record temperatures, local UPS driver Chris Begley started feeling unwell before collapsing at a customer’s premises. The 57-year-old’s death…
Federal Judges Overturn Parts of GOP Voting Laws in Georgia and Texas
From today’s Associated Press News: Federal judges in Georgia and Texas have ruled against key provisions of two controversial election laws passed two years ago as the Republican Party sought…
Texas GOP Proposes Election Police Force in Voting Law Changes
From today’s NBC News: Texas Republicans are laying the groundwork to move quickly on a number of new changes to the state’s voting laws, including a proposal to create an…
New Voting Laws Add Difficulties for People With Disabilities
From today’s New York Times: Laura Halvorson was ready to vote. On Thursday afternoon, she sat in front of a ballot screen at the Igo Library in San Antonio, after…
Trans People Could Face Voting Restrictions in Texas Because of State ID Laws
From toda’s NBC News Dallas: Transgender people may face barriers to voting in dozens of states because of stricter voter ID laws and a simmering culture war, NBC News report.…
SCOTUS Permits DOJ To Subpoena TX Lawmakers In Challenge To Redistricting Maps
From today’s CNN Online: The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied an emergency request from three Texas state legislators seeking to quash subpoenas from the US Justice Department and voting rights…
After Mass shootings, Texas Republicans Repeatedly Loosened Gun Laws
From today’s Texas Tribune: In the past few years, Texas Republicans have been quick to consider a crackdown on gun violence after a mass shooting. They did so in 2018…
How Do Employees Unionize in a Right-To-Work State Like Texas?
From today’s Texas Public Radio: From Amazon workers on Staten Island, N.Y., to Starbucks staff on UT’s West Campus, organized labor movements have been gaining steam across the country. A…
Texas Uses Redistricting Lawsuits to Launch Broader War on Voting Rights
From today’s Texas Tribune: Beyond the immediate legal fight over whether Texas lawmakers again discriminated against voters of color when drawing new political districts, a quieter war is being waged…