Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Adia Harvey Wingfield is an author and a professor of sociology. Union membership has been on the decline for some time. 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.

Competing political groups withdrew two labor union-related initiatives after they were cleared to start petitioning for Colorado’s 2026 ballot. Initiative 39 disappeared from the Secretary of State’s ...

The largest federal workers' union backed a Republican government funding bill. The largest federal workers' union this week threw its support behind a Republican government funding bill, ratcheting ...

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OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — With tons of new projects and companies coming to Oak Ridge, the sound of construction can be heard all over town. But with the government shutdown continuing into its second week, ...

LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS joined dozens of construction and trade union workers Wednesday in a protest against a commercial ...

Labor Day is a day that was established to honor the workers of America and the unions that fight for them and their rights. However, a new administration in Washington has been bringing in new ...

After a government shutdown-delay, thousands of UnityPoint nurses are voting on whether to join the Teamsters union, with results due Dec. 10.

In countries across the capitalist world, trade union movements are being challenged to their very core by the growth of right-wing populist and neofascist mass movements. What makes this situation ...

This story about labor unions is part of a series by MinnPost reporter Matthew Blake on Minnesota efforts to stabilize its nursing home workforce, which has long struggled with high turnover. Part one ...