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) ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Labor unions have a long history in the United States of advocating for workers rights. But in recent years, some unions, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While Labor Day marks the unofficial end to the summer for many, the national holiday was designed to celebrate the hard-won ...

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 ...

Writers Guild of America West building in Los Angeles (Credit: Philip Cheung/Getty Images) The Writers Guild Staff Union is going on strike against the Writers Guild of America West, accusing the ...

The first Labor Day was celebrated on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City, by the Central Labor Union. They celebrated again a year later, but this was long before it became a national holiday.

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Concerns are growing over a potential general strike at Samsung Electronics in May, with the company’s labor union ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. -- The impending right to strike raises alarms over a "structural supply chain risk" for the 24/7 global ...