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 ...

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, ...

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.

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 ...

Since the start of the war, the Ukrainian government has been cracking down harder on unions and workers’ rights. But slowly, ...

Thousands of workers and union organizers from across California will gather for picnics and marches this weekend to honor the contributions of the nation’s working people. But the Labor Day ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...