In the past 12 months, an extraordinary level of nationwide activity -- organizing, strikes, negotiations and new contracts -- has signaled increased influence for American labor unions, which once counted 21 million U.S. workers among their ranks.
But any widespread union resurgence still
Less than two weeks after the United Auto Workers secured historic concessions from the nation's "Big Three" automakers, another prominent union can claim a significant victory: the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.
When coffee giant Starbucks on Nov. 6 rolled out new employee benefits -- including pay raises, earlier vacation accrual and more flexible scheduling -- it also announced that workers at its unionized stores will not be entitled to those benefits while collective
Though the health care workers strike -- which included workers across several states -- raises questions about negative effects on patient care, Catholic labor advocates and medical ethicists say all parties to the labor disputes make plans to avoid harm.
The United Auto Workers labor strike against the "Big Three" car producers -- Ford, General Motors and Stellantis, whose 14 automotive brands include Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep -- has ended with a series of contracts experts say emphasizes the importance of unions
Catholic institutions are challenging proposed regulations to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act that would require employers to make accommodations for employees’ abortions, as the public comment period on those regulations comes to a close. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued
Looking for inspiration this Labor Day? Look no further than "Laborem Exercens," an encyclical letter written by Pope St. John Paul II. The encyclical addresses various aspects of labor, human dignity, and social justice from a Catholic perspective.
John Paul II emphasizes the
The church doesn't have a mission; the mission has a church," said Bishop Joseph J. Tyson of the Diocese of Yakima, not quite pounding the table. Later, he told the group, "Our migrant ministry is the model for all of our ministries
As Americans are heating up the backyard barbecue for celebratory Labor Day cookouts Sept. 4, news headlines daily shout about the cooling down of the U.S. job market.
"Demand for Workers Cools," said The Wall Street Journal. "US labor market loses steam as
Set in the late 1940s, "On the Waterfront" is a fictionalized account of actual corruption in the longshoreman’s union that controlled labor on the loading docks of New York City, as described in the “New York Sun” by Pulitzer Prize winning reporter,