Over the past three months, the segment of marginally attached workers grew by a monthly average of 247,000, an economist said. That can be a "warning sign" for the U.S. labor market. However, experts ...

Democrats are on the verge of a big victory for their allies in Big Labor with the help of a handful of populist Republicans.

The Faster Labor Contracts Act promises quicker union agreements, but it would let federal arbitrators impose contracts ...

The Faster Labor Contracts Act (FLCA) would deprive workers of the ability to negotiate their terms and conditions of ...

Hundreds of people gathered early Thursday morning at Fremont Park in Midtown for International Workers Day — a day to honor working people around the world. Many unions were present to show ...

Both of these can be true: The labor market is currently healthy, and many workers are feeling stuck. Workers and economists interact with the labor market in quite different ways. This contrast can ...

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Summer is the busiest time of the year for immigrant day laborers outside Home Depot, picking up jobs as roofers, painters and construction workers. But the usual crowd of both legal and undocumented ...

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 ...