When Texas preempted local paid sick leave laws...

When Texas preempted local paid sick leave laws, they excluded millions of workers – overwhelmingly people of color – from the opportunities and health benefits that those laws would provide. Read more from Blair H, Cooper D, Wolfe J, Worker J. Preempting progress: State interference in local policymaking prevents people of color, women, and low-income workers from making ends meet in the South. Economic Policy Institute. September 2020. https://www.epi.org/publication/preemption-in-the-south.