Labor unions are in the news a lot these days, with high-visibility organizing drives at some of America’s biggest companies: Starbucks, Amazon, major fast-food chains, tech and gaming firms, ...
Trucking unions have shaped driver pay, safety, and working conditions for over a century. Strikes remain a powerful tool for drivers to demand fair wages and benefits. Union membership is lower today ...
The Union Labour Ministry has pre-published draft Rules for Labour Codes, defining worker rights, wages, and social security ...
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) ...
Even in the mid-20th century, leaders understood that organized labor was not only a bargaining tool but a pillar of economic credibility. Addressing the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America ...
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.
“Don’t tolerate victimization silently, dare to raise your voice against persecution. Otherwise, this world will not let you survive.”– Shaima Sadiya Wayne Campbell is an educator and social ...
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.
Labor unions have a long history in the United States of advocating for workers’ rights. But in recent years, some unions, particularly those representing graduate students, have drifted away from ...