The Bradford Era

WASHINGTON (AP) — Union membership in the United States is down slightly, accounting for just over 11 percent of the workforce last year, the Labor De...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney says there is no question in his mind that he would have been more effective in the Wh...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite an improving U.S. economy, retirement plans covering roughly 1.5 million workers are severely underfunded, threatening benef...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Many federal workers and contractors who earn the minimum wage are getting a raise next year. Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez has is...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is vowing to take a stronger role in protecting chemical-industry workers and local residents from accidents and e...

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 1 million U.S. workers and over 25,000 businesses are expected to participate in “safety stand-downs” in all 50 states thi...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Young adults born in the early 1980s held an average of just over six jobs each from ages 18 through 26, a Labor Department survey s...