Saunders sees organized labor in the context of broader movements—he’s long been active with the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a group he currently serves as treasurer—and ...

They were met with cheers. The American labor movement was among the strongest in the world at the time, and in the years that followed, municipalities and states adopted legislation to recognize ...

1), unionized workers will stand behind pulpits and contend that God is on the side of the labor movement. They believe this because the Bible tells them so. Both the Old and New Testaments are ...

The Boeing union strike follows a few years of strong gains for the labor movement. But labor’s leverage could narrow as the ...

The federal holiday also celebrates a demographic that both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris claim to advance: the labor movement. “President Trump is making ...

Rangers offered free trolley tours of the national park and community. “Chicago is the hometown of the labor movement,” said Bob Reiter, president of the Chicago Federation of Labor.

Labor Day honors the contributions of American workers and the labor movement's victories in securing fair wages, reasonable hours and safer working conditions. However, its significance extends ...

Labour Day is a federal holiday in the United States that honours the labour movement in the country and the innumerable contributions made by workers to the economic and social advancement of the ...

It is a "celebration of the hard-won achievements of America's labor movement," writes USA TODAY. In the late 1800s, "the average American worked 12-hour days and seven-day weeks in order to eke ...

Robert Bruno is a professor of labor and employment relations at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the director of the Project for Middle Class Renewal, a research-based initiative ...

Labor Day commemorates the efforts of those who fought for workers' rights during the labor movement of the late 19th century. Thanks to their struggles, we now enjoy benefits such as the 40-hour ...