Over the years, the Construction Citizen team has put a bright spotlight on the myriad problems caused by worker misclassification. Those difficulties continue to mount while Texas lawmakers do very little about it, much to the frustration of ethical companies that cannot compete with cheaters, many single mothers who are denied child support payments, conservative […]
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Cheating by Unethical Employers Reaches Crisis Levels While Texas Lawmakers Sit on Their Hands
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Many Law-Abiding Companies Can’t Compete in Dallas/Fort Worth, Executive Says
In a marathon hearing held by Texas lawmakers on the issues of workers’ comp and worker misclassification, representatives from businesses and labor came together to talk about what could be done to level the playing field for ethical companies and improve the lives of middle class Texans. But, there was also significant pushback from certain […]
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Some in Business Join With Labor to Call for Mandatory Workers’ Comp in Texas
Note: This story originally appeared on The Quorum Report. Join us there daily for coverage of Texas politics and government. The Texas House Business and Industry Committee on Tuesday got down to work this week on an extensive review of whether workers’ comp insurance should continue to be voluntary. Texas, as you may know, is […]
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Targeted Worker Misclassification Crackdown Begins in Texas
Construction companies across Texas that work on public projects are on notice now that the targeted worker misclassification crackdown passed by the legislature in 2013 has taken effect. HB 2015 “Worker Classification” was signed into law on June 14, 2013 and became effective on January 1, 2014. This law is considered by many to be a good first […]
Educators and Business Leaders Come Together to Support School Reforms
Note: This column originally appeared on Construction Citizen. In what will hopefully be the first in a series of events like it across Texas, business leaders and educators from the Houston area gathered to talk about the best ways they can work together to put kids on track for the skilled trades if that’s what […]
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Construction Industry “Bandits” Are “Tearing at the Fabric of our Nation” VIDEO
After I posted my thoughts on blue collar workers, this is one of the comments I received from a reader: “It is not just the academic types who devalue blue collar labor but corporate number crunchers who assume one set of hands is as good as another when it comes to these sorts of jobs […]
The Value of Blue Collar Work
The economy has been top of mind for me following my recent experience with unemployment. After all the drama and support I received from all sides, there came the simple issue of what I will do to feed my family and keep a roof over our heads. I don’t have a college education but I […]
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Scott Braddock is a journalist and political analyst based in Austin.
