Observed each year on the first Monday of September, Labor Day is also a celebration of the hard-won achievements of America's labor movement.

Compared to their counterparts around the world, US trade unions have historically been reluctant to undertake broad programmatic and transformative agendas. The division emerged most clearly in the ...

On Labor Day, we celebrate America’s workers and remember those who fought for the eight-hour workday, higher wages, and benefits for all workers. None of this would be possible without the hard ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jeffrey Sklansky, University of Illinois Chicago (THE CONVERSATION) Most of the world ...

While the proponents of “abundance” may vary in their disposition toward unions, many of the organizations bankrolling the movement seek to roll back the power of organized labor. Machinists Union ...

Throughout history, Chicago has been at the center of the American Labor Movement. On Saturday, union members celebrated ...

Most of the world observes International Workers’ Day on May 1 or the first Monday in May each year, but not the United States and Canada. Instead, Americans and Canadians have celebrated Labor Day as ...