In 1891, Pope Leo XIII issued the seminal encyclical on human labor, Rerum Novarum, which affirmed workers' rights to just wages, rest and fair treatment, and their right to form unions.

Today, the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) announced a National Domestic Workers Bill of Rights to raise wages and labor conditions for workers like Sanluis.

The U.S. Department of Labor, helmed by Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, has opposed a lawsuit by several labor-focused nonprofits to restore its axed international technical assistance programs ...

Members of a Senate committee grilled Labor Secretary-designate Lori Chavez-DeRemer on Wednesday about her past support of pro-union legislation, her position on raising the federal minimum wage ...

President Trump on Monday fired two leaders of the National Labor Relations Board, in a major attack on workers’ rights and labor unions. Trump’s surprise removal of Democratic NLRB member ...

Shaking things up: Jennifer Abruzzo, the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, “seems to think like an organizer,” says labor professor Samir Sonti. (The Washington Post via ...

State Sen. Rebecca Saldaña sponsored the bill, also called the domestic workers’ bill of rights, which received a hearing Monday in the Senate Labor & Commerce Committee.

The US$2.4 trillion garment and footwear industry, employs millions of workers worldwide. Clothes and shoes produced in countries in Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe or other parts find their ...

U.S. Department of Labor spokesman Egan Reich said the department is reviewing the letter sent by the labor rights groups and is in discussions with United Farm Workers about their positions.

SpaceX and Amazon are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional. The federal agency is tasked with enforcing workers' right to organize.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights—adopted in 1948 by the United Nations General Assembly to set a framework for the pursuit of human rights globally—recognizes workers’ rights as ...

Donald Trump is vying for Big Labor’s support, but Democrats are ready as usual to outbid Republicans. They’re racing to embed a pro-union enforcer on the National Labor Relations Board and ...