Labor Day is this Monday, Sept. 1, meaning this weekend will be full of relaxation and celebration. But, why does the U.S. celebrate Labor Day?

Andrew Stanton is a Newsweek weekend reporter based in Maine. His role is reporting on U.S. politics and social issues. Andrew joined Newsweek in 2021 from The Boston Globe. He is a graduate of ...

Sustained trade union organizing began in 1794. They've gained important protections for workers, but they haven’t always welcomed women, Black workers, and immigrants.

Florida lawmakers are considering a bill that would remove work restrictions for 16- and 17-year-olds and loosen restrictions for younger teens. The bill's supporters argue that it would help address ...

There are now 138 million child laborers, down from an estimated 160 million in 2020, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the International Labor Organization (ILO) said in a joint report ...

Journalist records squalidness, allegedly at Gap Indian subcontractor plant. LONDON, Oct. 28, 2007 — -- The multi-billion dollar global fashion company Gap has admitted that it may have ...

Child labor sounds as if it belongs to a long-ago era, but for 138 million children it is a daily routine. "These are children who work under the hot sun in farms, tending crops when they should be in ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and state legislatures have been working to fill a void left behind in the wake of the state penalizing employers who hired undocumented workers. A new bill, SB 918, shows ...

Observed each year on the first Monday of September, Labor Day is also a celebration of the hard-won achievements of America's labor movement.