Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The first Labor Day was hardly a national holiday. Workers had to strike to celebrate it. Frank Leslie's Weekly Illustrated ...

My dad, a steel mill worker in Detroit, was one of those real laborers. While he spent his days in truly hard work, day in, day out, I start my days sipping Starbucks, checking email, and organizing ...

For many Americans, Labor Day is a long weekend: a chance to take a quick trip or savor one last pool party before the grind of school and work resumes. But its origins are more profound. Born in the ...

For America’s workers, Labor Day marks more than the end of summer. It’s a reminder of the struggles we have won—and those that lie ahead. Demonstrators hold signs and chant slogans outside of a Wendy ...

According to Pepperdine University economics professor Gary Galles writing for the Mises Institute the answer is “scabs”: In essence, the basis of calling someone a scab is only their willingness to ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — You won’t find labor unions at the office Monday, but you will find them at the Minnesota State Fair. Several unions set up carts, handing out flyers, talking with people about their ...

This article was originally published on The Conversation. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Labor Day is a U.S. national holiday held the first Monday every September. Unlike ...

Last week, I sat in on part of the 16 th annual labor-management retreat at the ABC Unified School District in a hotel just down the street from Disneyland. Labor relations may not actually make ABC ...