The question that haunted the post-war industrial tech boom of the 1950s is rising again: Have we reached a stage at which technology is destroying more jobs than it's creating?

In a watershed moment in labor history, the AFL-CIO has decided to expand its membership to include all groups fighting to organize workers.

As Congress prepares to reconvene, Robert Reich reminds us what's really at stake for our economy and democracy.

Unions fought to win all sorts of benefits for Americans, ranging from widespread employer-sponsored health care to reduced workdays. But this Labor Day, many of these hard-fought benefits are under attack.

Fast-food workers in cities across the country are expected to strike Thursday as part of growing protests against the nation’s biggest restaurant and retailer chains.

Michael Winship speaks with In These Times labor reporter Mike Elk about efforts to unite rank-and-file union members across America.

See why US fast food workers are walking off the job this week in what organizers say is the largest strike in the industry’s history.

Michael Winship explains how even when baseball players, owners and stadiums win, hard-working concession workers lose.

Greg Kaufmann speaks with labor union organizer Stephen Lerner about the intersection between poverty and Wall Street accountability.

In a note to Bill, Historian Bernard Weisberger explains why arguing for worker empowerment is "on solid historical ground."