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, ...

Union density—the percentage of American workers who are union members—is the single most important measurement of labor’s power in its omnipresent war against capital. Every year, the Bureau of Labor ...

Just as Memorial Day unofficially marks the start of summer for many, Labor Day is often seen as marking its end. Now that Independence Day has passed, Labor Day will prompt the next three-day weekend ...

Every year on May 1, people across the globe observe International Labour Day—also known as International Workers' Day—to honour the contributions of workers and commemorate their long-standing ...

It’s clear that Trump and his allies are intent on reversing hard-fought worker protections. It’s equally clear that we need a robust labor movement ready to not just defend against the attacks of ...

Labor Day, celebrated on the first Monday of September, is a day dedicated to honoring the contributions and achievements of American workers. Established as a federal holiday in 1894, Labor Day has ...

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 ...

Thursday’s march in Saint Paul commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington expressed the historic interconnections of the labor movement and the civil rights struggle. While other ...

In politics denial eventually leads to a harsh reckoning. For the labor movement Trump’s re-election may have finally shattered decades of illusion that unions had in the Democrats, who lost by ...

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The struggle for labor across the color line has often been credited to white activists. However, as sociologist Cedric de Leon argues, the black labor movement, independently organized outside of the ...