As Labor Day comes this year, US workers and the labor movement face a critical juncture. In some ways, labor is on a roll. Petitions for union elections with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ...

Authoritarian regimes make crushing unions a top priority for a reason: Strong, independent unions are the best safeguard against tyranny. Dozens of Starbucks employees and union supporters protested ...

Labor unions have a long history in the United States of advocating for workers’ rights. But in recent years, some unions, ...

Mr. Loomis is a historian of labor who writes extensively about unions, politics and workers. This is a most unfortunate Labor Day for labor. The labor movement has taken it on the chin repeatedly in ...

There are so many problems with the modern education system that even those who honestly want to improve it often make a mistake of noticing one or two problems and thinking that fixing those problems ...

Mark Spadafore is president of the Greater Syracuse Labor Council, AFL-CIO. This Labor Day, as we gather to celebrate the working people who form the infrastructure of our communities, I can’t help ...

Even in the mid-20th century, leaders understood that organized labor was not only a bargaining tool but a pillar of economic credibility. Addressing the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America ...

As we say goodbye to the summer season by celebrating Labor Day, most Americans are eager to recognize the ingenuity and determination of rank-and-file workers. But not union bosses, who hijack the ...