TEXAS AFL-CIO: IMMIGRANT WORKING PEOPLE WILL SUFFER UNDER SB 4, BUT SO WILL STATE AS A WHOLE

  In the wake of final Texas House approval of its version of SB 4, the so-called “sanctuary cities” bill, Texas AFL-CIO President John Patrick issued this statement:

TEXAS AFL-CIO: IMMIGRANT WORKING PEOPLE WILL SUFFER UNDER SB 4, BUT SO WILL STATE AS A WHOLE

SENATE VOTE BETRAYS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES MCGEE, ‘FOX IN HENHOUSE,’ TAKES AIM AT PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PENSIONS

  Texas AFL-CIO President John Patrick today strongly criticized a sneak attack on public pensions after Republicans prevailed in a 20-10 vote in the Texas Senate to confirm Josh McGee to chair the State Pension Review Board.

SENATE VOTE BETRAYS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES MCGEE, ‘FOX IN HENHOUSE,’ TAKES AIM AT PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PENSIONS

DON'T TELL PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HOW TO SPEND THEIR MONEY

Texas AFL-CIO President John Patrick wrote this response to a recent column by Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Dallas Morning News in which the AG advocated for SB 13, which would take away the freedom of state and local employees in Texas to support the labor organizations of their c

DON'T TELL PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HOW TO SPEND THEIR MONEY

IF MINORS CAN WORK WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO UNIONIZE WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT

  Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and the Texas Senate today demonstrated they “have no sense of irony or shame” after endorsing a double standard requiring minors to obtain parental consent to join a labor union in Texas, Texas AFL-CIO President John Patrick said.

IF MINORS CAN WORK WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO UNIONIZE WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT

TEACHERS, CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS, OTHER PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HIT BY UNFAIR SHOT UNDER SB 13

  SB 13, given tentative approval today in the Texas Senate, is another overreach into the private lives of working Texans, Texas AFL-CIO President John Patrick said.  

TEACHERS, CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS, OTHER PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HIT BY UNFAIR SHOT UNDER SB 13

TEXAS MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE LONG OVERDUE

  Working poor Texans need a substantial increase in the minimum wage to support their families and their communities, the Texas AFL-CIO said today.

TEXAS MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE LONG OVERDUE