Labor disputes in the US date back to before the Revolutionary War. The first recorded strike over working conditions took place in 1636 on Richmond Island, Maine, when fishermen protested that their ...

After workers vote to form a union, the Faster Labor Contracts Act would require employers to begin negotiations with the new union within 10 days. If no agreement is reached within 90 days, the ...

A dockworkers strike at seaports on the East and Gulf Coasts began on Tuesday and while federal law gives the president the authority to intervene in such a labor dispute when it creates a national ...

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., on Tuesday introduced the Faster Labor Contracts Act, which would amend the National Labor Relations Act to reduce the time between unionization and negotiation to 10 days.

Ninety years ago this summer, Congress passed legislation hailed at the time and for many years after as “labor’s Magna Carta.” The Wagner Act — or, more formally, the National Labor Relations Act — ...