Today, the U.S. labor movement is a shadow of its former self. Union membership has declined dramatically since labor’s heyday in the 1950s, when roughly a third of the U.S. workforce was unionized.

The nearly $60,000 Steelworkers boss Dilanjan Miller stole from blue-collar workers wouldn't cover the cigar bills of his union brothers in corruption, former United Auto Workers Presidents Gary Jones ...

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 7: Employees of the Washington Post walk a picket line as they stage as 24 hour strike outside the Washington Post building December 7, 2023 in Washington, DC. The strike ...

Labor unions traditionally aligned with the Democratic Party in recent decades, but leading conservatives are now arguing on behalf of organized labor, though not necessarily for traditional labor ...

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 ...

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 ...

America’s unions have had much to celebrate on recent Labor Days. Not this year. President Donald Trump is trying to strip collective bargaining rights from approximately one million unionized federal ...

When members of Portland’s broader labor ecosystem found out about the city police union’s bid to join the Northwest Oregon Labor Council (NOLC), many immediately reacted with suspicion. While the ...

As Amazon staffers at a facility near Raleigh, North Carolina, vote on whether to unionize, they say they're facing a hefty dose of propaganda from the company. The facility in the suburb of Garner ...

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