Books about union presidents are usually penned by professional writers — either academic historians, labor journalists, or paid flacks. Past accounts of the life and work of labor organization chiefs ...

The array of attacks on democracy and workers’ rights presents an opportunity to expand labor’s power—if unions are willing to seize it.

In politics denial eventually leads to a harsh reckoning. For the labor movement Trump’s re-election may have finally shattered decades of illusion that unions had in the Democrats, who lost by ...

This article is part of a Labor Notes roundtable on worker power under Trump, co-published by The American Prospect. I’m a fourth-generation union glazier. I remember being a kid sitting around the ...

"Obreros Unidos" is a first-hand narrative of the fight for farmworkers' rights from celebrated labor leader, Jesus Salas. WUWM is celebrating the rich cultural diversity of Milwaukee’s Hispanic and ...

This week, we explore the history of Labor Day and the state of labor in New Mexico in 2024. This week, we explore the history of Labor Day and consider how the holiday has changed over the past ...

The U.S. labor movement, like the nation at large, stands at a crossroads. The next few years might well determine whether the United States descends into an era of “electoral autocracy.” We believe ...