Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Adia Harvey Wingfield is an author and a professor of sociology. Union membership has been on the decline for some time. The ...

Lately economists have been vigorously debating the health of America’s labour market. Some argue that the jobs market is weakening, portending a downturn and requiring further interest-rate cuts from ...

Employers across the U.S. added 139,000 jobs in May, new federal data shows, a sign the labor market remains steady despite economic headwinds from tariffs. Payroll gains in May exceeded economists' ...

Mr. Loomis is a historian of labor who writes extensively about unions, politics and workers. This is a most unfortunate Labor Day for labor. The labor movement has taken it on the chin repeatedly in ...

Germany's average unemployment highest in 12 years, 2025 figures show Labour market lacks momentum, 2026 is not a year of the all-clear, labour office says Skilled worker shortage persists despite ...

State-level unemployment claims can provide a real-time measure of national labor market conditions and the overall state of the economy. A rapid and widespread buildup of stress in state labor ...

Labor Day is almost here, bringing with it one last chance for many Americans to soak up what's left of summer. Observed on the first Monday of September, the federal holiday celebrates the ...

“Twenty years from now, will we be a country of Democrats and Republicans taking turns on who’s in power?” Pete Buttigieg asked recently. “I’m not so sure.” Speaking to Mosheh Oinounou, a podcaster ...