Labor disputes in the US date back to before the Revolutionary War. The first recorded strike over working conditions took place in 1636 on Richmond Island, Maine, when fishermen protested that their ...

Congress and state legislators are beginning to get serious about the labor shortage facing employers. Discussions around tax incentives, government-funded hiring bonuses and other remedies are at the ...

A Google contractor who sells cellphones at Walmart. An English teacher who moonlights at a baseball stadium. An accountant who sells eggs and chickens farmed off her land. A Taco Bell manager who ...

Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the pro-union Republican tapped by President Donald Trump for Labor secretary, testified before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) on Wednesday, ...

WASHINGTON - A streak of robust job growth came to a halt in March, signaling that U.S. employers may have grown cautious in a fragile economy. The gain of 88,000 jobs was the smallest in nine months.

For more than 140 years, Labor Day has been a time to honor the contributions, achievements and sacrifices of workers in America. But this year, in the wake of growing economic inequality and a ...

In what may be a surprise to those who thought that restrictions on the use of noncompetes would go away with the change in administration, this week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that ...

The problem of kids working in dangerous slaughterhouses continues to be a concern as the Labor Department announced its third agreement this week with a company in the industry agreeing to pay a ...