On this day in 1911, New Yorkers watched in horror as young women and children leaped from the upper floors of a garment sweatshop engulfed in flames. Just east of Washington Square Park in Greenwi…

Taking the day off to celebrate the fact that I’m employed thanks to you, as well as sit around...

one big union, the hand that will rule the world. IWW Industrial Workers of the World Wobblies. Trade Union Labor Movement History.

Celebrate the American workforce with these bits of trivia.

May 4, 1886: Haymarket Riot in Chicago occurred. Engraving of a scene from the Haymarket Riot. (Credit: Stock Montage/Getty Images)

I have avoided writing on China employment law because it is so complicated and so localized. My fear has been that any single article can only scratch the surface. But my firm’s China employment lawyer, Grace Yang, has convinced me that I need to write something on China employment law, if [...]

Labor Day is about celebrating workers’ rights and the labor movement. Here’s everything you need to know about labor unions, what they’ve accomplished, and why they’re controversial.

At the height of its power during the 1930s and 1940s, the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) was one of the most important and progressive unions in the United States

Women have played key roles in workers' rights movements worldwide for over a century. Images from strikes and protests drive home women's longstanding commitment to equal pay, fair working conditions, and the right to form unions.

A list of key moments in labor movement history -- which you can thank for the eight-hour work day, overtime pay and the minimum wage.