Two workers fell ill after being handed a fentanyl-laced flyer outside of a Texas library, according to authorities. The pair of Montgomery County workers told police they were approached around 2:25 ...

On April 15, Annie Fierro of the Workers Defense Action Fund arrived at a state House committee hearing in Austin to support a bill that sought to prevent workplace heat-related illnesses and deaths.

This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet and magazine. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook and X. On April 15, ...

In Texas, construction workers are more likely to die on the job than laborers in any other industry – and yet well over half of them don’t have any type of workers’ compensation insurance. That’s ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas state employees, university workers, retirees and community allies gathered at the Capitol on Wednesday to rally and meet with lawmakers. They started at Wooldridge Square Park ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Those who would attack, harass or impede utility workers following a natural disaster will face enhanced criminal charges when a recently passed bill becomes law in September. Senate ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas’ manual laborers are facing harsh financial and safety concerns, according to a new study released Tuesday. The report was released at the WDP office in Austin in a room with a ...

Eighteen-year-old Danny Nolasco spent the day of July 15, 2024, mixing and hauling buckets of cement at a construction site in stifling heat. The neighborhood of sprawling four- and five-bedroom ...

A construction worker takes a break in the sweltering heat. Credit: Texas Tribune / Poguz.P This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that ...

Tesla unexpectedly terminated a contract at Giga Texas, costing 82 contractor jobs. It’s the latest sign of instability as the automaker faces lawsuits, layoffs, and supplier unease. The move ...

125 warehouse workers at Spec's Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods have voted to unionize and join Dallas-based Teamsters Local 745. North Texas’ burgeoning labor movement has found a wave of momentum in ...

For $8 an hour, B.O., a Kenyan immigrant who asked the Texas Observer to use only her initials for fear of workplace retaliation, once cared for six elderly patients in a Houston group home for as ...