Economists say June’s modest job gains point to a stagnant, low-hire labor market where people are continuing to have a hard ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Stuart Anderson writes about immigration, business and globalization. The U.S. Department of Labor Building in Washington, D.C.

Both of these can be true: The labor market is currently healthy, and many workers are feeling stuck. Workers and economists interact with the labor market in quite different ways. This contrast can ...

Summer is the busiest time of the year for immigrant day laborers outside Home Depot, picking up jobs as roofers, painters and construction workers. But the usual crowd of both legal and undocumented ...

How many graduates of Buena Vista Elementary and Lowell High School in San Francisco have become labor book authors? Probably not many–other than Eric Blanc, whose mother taught in that city’s public ...

The labor movement in the United States is showing signs of growth after decades of union membership declining as a share of the workforce. More workers are organizing their workplaces, and unions ...

After four years under Joe Biden, who enthusiastically called himself “the most pro-union president in American history,” employers and labor groups alike are heading into President-elect Donald Trump ...

Fearing roundups, many immigrants are staying home. Construction, agriculture, senior care and hospitality employers say labor shortages will worsen. By Rebecca Davis O’Brien and Miriam Jordan Rebecca ...

For the last 250 years, our blue-collar men and women have laid the foundations of our country. They’ve paved roads, built bridges and raised the skyscrapers that shape our landscape. Their tireless ...