Labor Day is much more than the official end of summer and the marker of a three-day weekend. It was founded as — and remains — an opportunity to thank workers for their contributions to our country.

Labor force participation for women with small children continues to float above prepandemic levels, thanks to flexible work setups — and rising costs.

Labor Day was once the most blatantly political US holiday — created by the trade-union movement to celebrate the right of working people to bargain collectively and to stage strikes to press their ...

As Labor Day weekend approaches, Americans face the bittersweet task of balancing summer's last hurrah with the looming return to work. While the long weekend offers a prime opportunity for outdoor ...

In 2014, after several years of work led by the Labor Department, the Obama administration issued a major rule to help government to keep track of chronic violators of a range of laws designed to ...

Approximately 21 million people are employed in the ag and food industry, according to USDA data from 2021. Of the 21 million, 2.6 million people work directly on the farm. But farmers are pleading ...