Labor Unions

President Biden touted the U.S. as having the strongest economy and lowest inflation rate in the world during Labor Day remarks at a union event.

Labor Day is celebrated on the first Monday of September. Here are a few facts and statistics that are worth knowing about the American workforce and the upcoming holiday.

The United Auto Workers Union says Friday that a strike authorization vote passed with "near universal approval" from its 150,000 members at Ford, General Motors and Stellantis.

The Teamsters union members overwhelmingly voted to ratify the new five-year collective bargaining agreement with UPS after months of negotiations and concerns over a potential strike.

Yellow Trucking company filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in early August and now companies are beginning to bid for the company's assets, which include 160 trucking terminals.

UPS, fresh off a tough row with the Teamsters, cut its financial outlook for 2023 after tense labor negotiations impacted costs for the delivery giant, the company disclosed.

Thousands of Los Angeles city workers are planning to go on strike Tuesday to push for better wages and benefits, according to SEIU Local 721.

Stars like Jennifer Lopez, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Meryl Streep have each donated more than $1 million to a SAG-AFTRA charity meant to help actors struggling financially.

The tentative agreement reached by UPS and the Teamsters on Tuesday includes substantial pay increases for workers, threatening to keep inflation elevated.

UPS and the Teamsters union announced an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement on Tuesday after the two sides returned to the negotiating table.

NBC Universal received a small fine after the company controversially trimmed trees outside its building that striking workers were using for shade during a heat wave.

UPS and the Teamsters union are set to resume talks on a new collective bargaining agreement this week before the current deal expires at the end of July and an August strike looms.

Universal Studios is denying claims that it intentionally trimmed trees near where striking workers were demonstrating to deny them shade during a local heat wave.

The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to an en banc review of its decision that Tesla CEO Elon Musk violated federal labor law with a 2018 anti-union tweet.

In a show of solidarity, UPS pilots at the Independent Pilots Association have agreed not to work if the Teamsters end up striking against UPS.

James Van Der Beek said studios using artificial intelligence to generate actors' likenesses and scripts could mean the end of acting and writing as "viable" careers.

The president of the Teamsters said Sunday that he asked the White House on several occasions not to engage in his ongoing negations with UPS as a strike looms near.

United Airlines and the union representing its pilots said Saturday they reached a "historic" agreement on a contract that will raise pilot pay up to 40% and include other benefits.

Fran Drescher has been criticized by members of the actor's union, SAG-AFTRA, who believe as president of the union she shouldn't have gone to Italy as a strike looms.