labor unions

Central Ohio has an eventful history of labor movement activity including the founding of one of the nation's largest union organizations.

Democrats in Ohio and nationwide are seeing erosion among the organized labor that once reliably backed them. Union involvement, period, has been declining for decades.

A healthy share of automakers are non-union—and one of the U.S. senators from Ohio said if it stays that way, it better be because that's how workers wanted it.

The strikes and resulting work stoppages have ripple effects on the U.S. economy and labor market.

Shawn Fain, the president of the UAW, is calling for a 32-hour work week at 40 hours of pay for autoworkers, an idea that was first embraced by the union's leaders almost a century ago.

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) visited a downtown Cincinnati Starbucks Friday and spoke with employees who recently voted to unionize. After visiting with the Starbucks employees, Brown took questions from the media on a variety of topics, ranging from the economy to the Brent Spence Bridge.

In a visit to Cleveland on Wednesday, President Joe Biden said his federal stimulus package was throwing a long-sought lifeline to struggling labor pension plans.

Starbucks gave the employees at the College Ave. location in Ithaca, N.Y., a one-week notice of the closure, the union says, with the store slated to permanently close on June 10.

Amazon avoided the prospect of a first unionized warehouse in America, where it's now the second-largest private employer. The vote in Alabama had prompted new interest in unions across the country.

It's a really large mail-in election. (Yes, this one, too.) The tally of yes and no votes has finally begun.