Most American children never receive any education about the union movement’s proper place in our country’s history and its many contributions to the nation’s development, according to a new report.

The World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) Appellate Body yesterday upheld President Obama’s decision based on U.S. trade law to provide relief for American tire industry workers against surging imports from China of passenger and light truck tires.

The union movement is in a fight for its life and the other side is determined to take away our right to exist, Vice President Joe Biden told a gathering of working families.

America’s jobs crisis is hitting college grads especially hard, with new graduates less likely to get a job than they were 10 years ago. If they do find work, the job will pay less, on average, than jobs in 2000, according to a study by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). Read the report here.

Join the Labor Heritage Foundation and music lovers throughout the Washington, D.C., area for a Labor Day tribute concert for legendary labor singer, song writer and activist Anne Feeney.  The concert begins at 6 p.m. on Labor Day, Sept. 5, at Bus Boys & Poets at 5th and K Streets N.W., in Washington.

Concerned about the safety of the nation’s supply, a group of blood donation workers has formed the Workers Committee for Blood Safety. The licensed nurses, phlebotomists, and blood drive staff from across the country also launched a website and blog to provide an independent voice for protecting donor and blood safety.

A strong public education system is central to achieving individual goals and restoring our nation’s economic strength–and  the teachers in AFT  are in a unique position to both prepare students for future opportunities and advocate for economic dignity as union members.

A just-released mini-documentary, “The New American Sweatshop,” shines a glaring light on the inhumane and illegal conditions Los Angeles carwash workers are forced to endure.

With the economy in crisis, many of the nation’s  religious leaders are speaking out in favor of economic policies that create jobs and spur economic growth. Decent jobs at decent wages are the best path out of poverty and restoring growth is a powerful way to reduce deficits, they say.

This Labor Day, Sept. 5 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (EDT), the Sportsman Channel and the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance will team up to salute the American worker with a four- hour “Brotherhood Outdoors” Labor Day Marathon. The marathon will feature eight back-to-back episodes of the new Brotherhood Outdoor series that takes hardworking union members on hunting and fishing adventures across North America.  See the full schedule here.