Based on data from new hires, the elevated worker optimism and leverage reported at the end of 2024 has faded so far in 2025, according to a survey by ZipRecruiter. During the first quarter of 2025, ...

More than 445,000 government workers at more than 20 federal agencies lost their government union collective bargaining privileges last month. This came after a federal appeals court in California ...

Public sector unions have long been an affront to democratic accountability at all levels of government, and President Donald Trump’s executive order ending collective bargaining privileges for most ...

We economists think labor bargaining power tells most of the story. Alan Greenspan was obsessed with labor power. His enduring question at the Federal Reserve was whether the economy could lower ...

State lawmakers can adopt new policies to empower workers across the public sector to come together in strong unions, negotiate for fair pay and working conditions, and train the next generation for ...