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 ...

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Labor Day's origins stem from workers' struggles for fair wages and safer conditions. Union members earn 18% more on average and have better access to health insurance. Unionization positively impacts ...

Senate Democrats are breathless about Americans losing government healthcare, but they’re dead set against expanding private coverage. They’re attacking a plan to help gig workers get benefits—merely ...

Despite Colorado’s law being positioned as a ‘compromise,’ the Labor Peace Act actually plays out more like the famously anti ...

Since the 1970s, private sector unions in the U.S. have been in decline, with membership at just 6% of the private-sector workforce. While most conservative economists have a negative view of unions, ...

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Google plans a $25 billion investment in Pennsylvania and elsewhere, with a significant role for organized labor. The author says the partnership promises to create middle-class careers with livable ...