From the 10-hour workday movement to OSHA: Here are seminal moments in the development of the U.S. workplace since 1776.

The fact that the meeting was even happening was enough to produce an air of subversive excitement. On August 25, 1925, a ...

The American labor market is reaching a critical turning point that could tighten labor availability in rural industries and slow growth across the U.S. economy. A new quarterly report from CoBank’s ...

Agencies will collaborate to "proactively combat unlawful discrimination against American workers" as part of "Project Firewall." ...

Will you be barbecuing this Labor Day, or slaving away at the office? According to new survey data from Bloomberg BNA and Beyond.com, many Americans will have the somewhat ironic pleasure of laboring ...

The decline of industrial America is a ghost that haunts us — and haunts our politics. The fiery union speeches at the DNC convention, the signature phrase Make America Great Again on the other side — ...

The nation was in a pivotal moment in 1894 when Labor Day was established as a federal holiday. Coming just three decades from slavery’s abolishment, Labor Day represented a key American paradox: Even ...

While most of us of us have come to associate Labor Day with mattress sales, car deals and/or backyard barbecues on a three-day weekend, very few people make the leap to a celebration of workers, ...

USA, — For many Americans, Labor Day signifies the final day of summer. People throughout the country use this holiday for one last day at the beach, a barbecue or any other favorite summer activity.

Incarcerated people in the US are routinely forced to work for low pay or no pay, while state governments are saving billions of dollars—and private corporations are making billions of ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Now that Amy Acton has become the presumptive Democratic nominee for Ohio governor next year, prominent labor unions are finally starting to line up behind her candidacy. On Thursday, ...

Paxton alleges Shein may have relied on forced labor, the use of unsafe product materials, and engaged in deceptive marketing ...