Labor Department Seeks to Expand Gig Worker Status Rules (2)

Gig companies would have an easier time classifying workers as independent contractors under a new US Department of Labor ...

Labor Department announces plan to roll back Biden gig worker rule

The Department of Labor proposed a rule on Tuesday that would make it easier for employers to classify workers as independent ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Organized Labor Took a Huge Step Forward When GM Workers Sat Down in Unison in 1937

Instead of picketing, striking autoworkers in Flint, Michigan, tried a bold tactic that gummed up the works and forced the ...
New Jersey Globe

Laborers back Rob Menendez for re-election

The Laborers’ International Union of North America will support Rep. Rob Menendez (D-Jersey City) this year, making it the latest and one of the largest ...
WSOC-TV

Local laborers take part in annual Labor Day Parade in Uptown

CHARLOTTE — Charlotte celebrated Labor Day with a parade in Uptown, highlighting the contributions of local workers and unions, including ironworkers, teamsters, SEIU, and IATSE. The parade was ...
The Pacific Northwest Inlander

Eastern Washington farmworkers fight their own legislators to win labor rights withheld for nearly a century

For nearly a century, Washington’s farmworkers have been denied the basic labor rights afforded to nearly all other private ...