Contrary to a popular misconception in some Catholic circles, Dorothy Day, the co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement, was not a political liberal or a socialist. Nor was she a theological liberal ...

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This year, May Day was celebrated during a historic moment for the American labor movement. Nearly every day, news reports announce another example of workers exercising their rights as nonprofit ...

A century ago, labor colleges transformed American unions. It’s time to bring them back. In December of 1936, a day into their historic sit-down strike at a General Motors plant in Flint, Michigan, ...

This past labor day weekend, we celebrated a rising labor movement. A recent Gallup poll indicated that 71% of Americans support unions, and more workers in our retail and service economy are joining ...

Inside the archives, a closet crowded with binders and manila folders shelved in clear bins, Angaza Laughinghouse took a moment to strategize which bin to pull out first. “I’m trying to figure out ...

The Fight for $15 — the nationwide labor movement that demands a minimum hourly wage of $15 for workers — officially began on Nov. 29, 2012, when hundreds of fast food workers in New York City walked ...

It’s mid-June, and Lee Saunders, president of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) union, is speaking so loud into the microphone that it’s slightly distorted, ...

Labor Day 2022 – Freedom Foundation prognosticators, and their conservative fellow-travelers, will revel in their tired prediction about the demise of the U.S. union movement. While there may be a ...