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Recent Posts
Message From Workers Defense Board Presidents On Next Co-Executive Director National Search
To aid us in finding our next co-Executive Director and a successful transition process, The Board of Directors has engaged Strategies for Social Change (SSC). SSC is a woman of color-owned and -led capacity building and leadership development practice dedicated to working with social justice organizations nationally.
After One Year of Freedom City Policies, Community Groups Call on Austin Police Department to Fully Comply
Austin, TX — On June 14, 2018, following a long community-led campaign, the Austin City Council unanimously approved the Freedom City Policies, a community-based response to local entanglement
Workers Defense Announces Emily Timm as Co-Executive Director
Workers Defense Co-Founder steps into new role in organization after 15-year tenure
Internal Documents Suggest Pattern of Undue Corporate Influence and Secrecy at Texas Workforce Commission
Documents reveal how lobbyists representing the interests of digital platform Handy coordinated with Commissioner Ruth Hughs on rule that would harm Texas workers.
Press Coverage
Texas Frontline Workers Win New Representation in County Government
TIME | April 20, 2022
How Latina Community Leaders Rallied Together After Austin’s Disastrous Storm
Vogue | June 2, 2021
Regulators refuse to step in as workers languish in extreme heat
Politico | August 8, 2021
City must raise wages to $22/hour, working group says
Austin Monitor | June 8, 2022
Greg Casar Superstar?
Texas Observer | June 6, 2022
Texas Teachers protest outside Ted Cruz’s Office after Uvalde School Shooting
TAG24 | June 1, 2022
It’s Dangerous to be a Latino Worker in Texas
Texas Observer | May 17, 2022
EEOC Shines Spotlight on Discrimination and Opportunities in Construction
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission | May 17, 2022
Texas, bajo alerta por ola de calor: advierten que muchos trabajadores pueden morir por falta de protecciones
Univision Austin | May 9, 2022
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