International Labour Day, also known as May Day, is a global celebration of workers rights, achievements, and contributions to society. Observed annually on May 1st, this day honours the labour ...

From barbecues to getaways to shopping the sales, many people across the U.S. mark Labor Day — the federal holiday celebrating the American worker — by finding ways to relax. This year is the 131st ...

Just as Memorial Day unofficially marks the start of summer for many, Labor Day is often seen as marking its end. Now that Independence Day has passed, Labor Day will prompt the next three-day weekend ...

Community and coalitions. Building a new working-class politics from below / Shelton Stromquist -- Learning from the right: a new operation Dixie? / Bethany Moreton and Pamela Voekel -- Reimagining a ...

The world labour movement has become stagnant. Having once been a potent influence that transformed the nature of work, ...

David Montgomery and the vitality of labor history. From his first book to his landmark account of the politics of the pre-WWI labor movement, Montgomery explored how people’s experiences of work ...

v. 1. From colonial times to the founding of the American federation of labor.--v. 2. From the founding of the American federation of labor to the emergence of American imperialism.--v. 3. The ...

A. Philip Randolph set the stage for the Civil Rights movement by forming and leading the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in 1925, which 10 years later became the first African American labor ...

Labor Day is a federal holiday in the United States, celebrated on the first Monday of September each year. This holiday honors the contributions of American workers and the labor movement, ...

This article is part of a Labor Notes roundtable on worker power under Trump, co-published by The American Prospect. I’m a fourth-generation union glazier. I remember being a kid sitting around the ...