Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Washington dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 7,200 in the week ending January 11, down from 10,729 the week before, the Labor Department said.

One of Donald Trump's worst Cabinet nominees is his labor pick who wants to impose Democratic labor laws on the entire country.

More than 100 farmworkers and their supporters traveled to Olympia from the state’s rural counties Tuesday to lobby lawmakers for more protections against unfair labor practices.

Democratic NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox called her removal “unprecedented and illegal” and vowed to challenge the decision.

Senate Bill 5023 seeks to resolve longstanding discriminatory labor policies. Advocates note that nannies, housekeepers, gardeners and caregivers offer crucial support to families and help keep homes running.

Federal employees being required to work in-office will soon become the latest flashpoint in the incoming administration.

Suppressing unions to favor big business is not popular or populist. is Trump going to far? Union approval is at an all time high.

A federal judge temporarily blocked part of the Trump administration’s pause on federal grants and loans Tuesday, just hours before it was set to take effect, as a slew of advocacy groups, charities,

U.S. President Donald Trump has installed new acting heads at three key federal labor agencies, the first step in what is expected to be a major overhaul of Biden-era policies.

On Thursday, the Department said investigators found that another slaughterhouse cleaning company called QSI had employed 54 children at 13 meatpacking plants in eight states on ... fellow at George Washington University focused on labor issues.

President Donald Trump began his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient U.S. government priorities.

Share who said they worked from home at least once during the week before they were surveyed; includes military. Map: Alex Fitzpatrick/Axios President Trump's executive order mandating that federal workers return to the office full time stands to affect thousands of U.