Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Adia Harvey Wingfield is an author and a professor of sociology. Union membership has been on the decline for some time. The ...

Earlier this month, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics released employment data that show a weakening economy, with job creation over the past three months not keeping up with population growth.

For the last 250 years, our blue-collar men and women have laid the foundations of our country. They’ve paved roads, built bridges and raised the skyscrapers that shape our landscape. Their tireless ...

As we say goodbye to the summer season by celebrating Labor Day, most Americans are eager to recognize the ingenuity and determination of rank-and-file workers. But not union bosses, who hijack the ...

When you’re a small business, you may not have the resources (nor the need) for a full-time staff. You might choose to have one or two employees who work part-time, one or two who work full-time, or, ...

Labor scholar Eric Blanc’s new book We Are the Union argues that worker-to-worker organizing can allow unions to scale up and help reverse the labor movement’s long decline. Starbucks union members ...

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It’s time for Christians everywhere to reclaim the biblical meaning of Labor Day. Ask the average man or woman today how Labor Day started, and they’ll probably point to the labor movement. After all, ...

An Amazon delivery worker pulls a cart along a Manhattan sidewalk, January 30, 2025. Credit: Anthony Behar/SipaUSA via AP Images Our K-shaped economy is growing K-er by the day. Figures from the ...