Andrea Hsu

Autoworkers' emotions — from excitement to fear and apprehension — are running high as the United Auto Workers launches an unprecedented strike against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis at once.

The Big 3 automakers and members of the United Auto Workers scramble to settle on a new contract by 11:59 p.m. ET Thursday, or face a major strike.

As autoworkers' real wages fall, top executives at the Big Three carmakers continue to earn tens of millions of dollars each year — hundreds of times more than the median employee.

As CEO pay and profits have soared, worker pay has stagnated. This is one sticking point between automakers and the UAW, which has called for a 40% wage increase over four years.

Shawn Fain, the president of the UAW, is calling for a 32-hour work week at 40 hours of pay for autoworkers, an idea that was first embraced by the union's leaders almost a century ago.

Autoworkers and the Big 3 Detroit automakers are engaged in contract talks. Among the audacious proposals UAW President Shawn Fain has put forth: A 32-hour work week for 40 hours of pay.

As employers including the federal government cut back on remote work, employees who never had any intention of working from an office push back and threaten to retire or resign.

President Biden often talks about being the most pro-labor, pro-worker president in history. How are workers doing under his administration?

Organized labor has scored some big victories this year, including new contracts at UPS. Can the winning streak continue?

Three and a half years after the start of the pandemic, employers are getting serious about increasing the amount of time workers spend in the office and trying new strategies to overcome resistance.

The latest Gallop poll finds two-thirds of Americans approve of unions. That's down a few percentage points from last year, but continues a trend that stands in sharp contrast to the last six decades.

That's down a few percentage points from last year, but continues a trend that stands in contrast to the last 60 years. A third of respondents said they believe unions mostly hurt the U.S. economy.

The union representing employees of the National Science Foundation are fighting orders reducing the number of days they can telework, warning people will quit if greater flexibility isn't preserved.

Corporate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion positions soared after the murder of George Floyd in 2020. Due to economic and political pressures from the right, those roles face an uncertain future.

Corporate DEI positions soared after the murder of George Floyd in 2020. Now, due to economic pressure and political pressure from the right, they face an uncertain future.

U.S. farms have faced worker shortages for years. Now compounding the problem: The children of farmworkers are leaving the fields, forcing farm owners to look to other countries for labor.

The number of H-2A visas for seasonal farmworkers issued each year has more than quadrupled over the past decade. The growth has alarmed labor advocates. Farmers don't love the program, either.

Jose Martinez has picked America's food for decades. With all that experience on different farms, he saw workers lacking labor protections. Now he works to give farmworkers more rights.

Washington state is among a handful of states with new laws granting farmworkers the right to earn time-and-a-half for overtime work. But for many workers, things haven't turned out as expected.

Farms in the U.S. are increasingly relying on guest workers brought in through a federal visa program. Labor advocates are alarmed by how quickly the program is growing.