Still healing from years of back-to-back disasters, a hostile government that shows contempt for poor and working people, and an economy built on exclusion from economic prosperity and justice, the ...

Labor Day 2022 seemed to me “the most promising moment for unions in several decades.” That year, young workers were trying to organize new unions from coast to coast, and labor unions enjoyed over 70 ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (WGN) – Throughout history, Chicago has been at the center of the American Labor Movement. On Saturday, union members celebrated their rich legacies on the Far South Side in Pullman.

Millions of demonstrators across the country came out into the streets on June 14 at more than 2,000 protests in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Organizers estimated that the mobilization, called “No ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jeffrey Sklansky, University of Illinois Chicago (THE CONVERSATION) Most of the world ...

While the proponents of “abundance” may vary in their disposition toward unions, many of the organizations bankrolling the movement seek to roll back the power of organized labor. Machinists Union ...

Labor Day is coming up, and this year lands on Monday, Sept. 1. The federal holiday is observed each year on the first Monday of September and serves as a celebration of the achievements of America's ...

On Labor Day, we celebrate America’s workers and remember those who fought for the eight-hour workday, higher wages, and benefits for all workers. None of this would be possible without the hard work ...

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