The Federal Reserve this week published forecasts that showed officials estimate unemployment will peak at 4.5% this year ...

Pensions are not considered the sexiest corner of the labor movement. But they are one of the most important. The final frontier of thought about the labor movement’s pension money is the realization ...

With the sun setting earlier and pumpkin spice lattes returning to menus, summer is wrapping up. It also means Labor Day is approaching, which marks the traditional end of summer as schools reopen, ...

Inflation has been stubbornly hanging around 2.8% for months. That’s above the Federal Reserve's 2% target. Meanwhile, key ...

Welcome to jobs Friday — except there’s no U.S. employment report today. Blame the latest government shutdown in Washington. That’s not to say Wall Street and the Federal Reserve are flying blind.

Advocates fear damage to labor protections if the Supreme Court upholds the president’s move to control federal agency staffing.

In 2025, the labor market is softening but not collapsing, even amid a government shutdown. Job growth has slowed, with unemployment nearing 4%, but GDP growth remains strong, supporting economic ...

Several major companies announced layoffsthis past week in a high-profile development that comes with major concerns about the strength of the labor market and a void of job openings for newly ...

On this particular Friday, at 8:30 a.m. ET, the Bureau of Labor Statistics was supposed to release the September jobs report. Instead, the agency behind the market-moving release — data that has ...

DALLAS (AP) — From barbecues to getaways to shopping the sales, many people across the U.S. mark Labor Day — the federal holiday celebrating the American worker — by finding ways to relax. The holiday ...

A Labor Day sale sign in Walnut Creek, California, on August 25, 2025. As this year’s Labor Day approaches, I remember my late grandmother. She worked her whole life in her and my grandfather’s small ...