325 articles· Covering labor news, worker rights, and workplace policy
Labor Policy & LawSince July 24, 2009, Pennsylvania has not raised its minimum wage by a single cent. The rate sits at $7.25 per hour, locked to the federal floor, while inflation has eroded its real purchasing power to approximately $6.87 in 2009 dollars.
Union OrganizingUnion membership in the United States increased by 411,000 workers in 2025, the largest single-year gain since 2008, with nearly three-quarters of new members concentrated in states that legally protect collective bargaining rights, according to a report released September 7, 2026, by the Illinois E
Workers & the EconomyThe Fair Wage Act of 2023 set the minimum wage in the state of Maryland at $15.00 per hour for all employers regardless of size, effective January 1, 2024, pulling an estimated 163,000 workers above the previous $13.25 floor. But $15.00 is the baseline, not the ceiling.
Union OrganizingTech industry workers are increasingly turning to union organizing after decades of resistance from employers, driven by mounting job losses, workplace discontent, and artificial intelligence implementation that threatens employment stability, according to an analysis published by the San Francisco
Workers & the EconomyMichigan's minimum wage is $13.73 per hour as of January 1, 2026, governed by the Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act, a law that was gutted by the state legislature in 2018, restored by the Michigan Supreme Court in 2024, and then rewritten through bipartisan compromise in 2025.
Workplace SafetyYenkin Majestic Paint Corporation pleaded guilty to negligent endangerment in federal court following a catastrophic April 8, 2021 explosion at its Columbus, Ohio manufacturing facility that killed one employee and injured nine others, according to an announcement from the U.S.
Healthcare & LaborArizona's minimum wage is $14.35 per hour, effective January 1, 2024, governed by an automatic annual formula tied to the Consumer Price Index that no legislature and no governor can override without a three-quarters supermajority vote.
Workers & the EconomyTwo minimum wage rates operate in the state of Georgia simultaneously: $5.15 under state statute and $7.25 under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
Philippine labor law permits employees to disclose the existence of pending labor cases against their employer, but imposes strict limits on what details can be shared publicly, according to legal guidance published September 3 by Respicio, a Manila-based employment law firm.
Civil Rights at WorkProposition A won 58% of the vote in November 2024, directing Missouri's minimum wage to climb to $15.00 per hour by January 2026 and then adjust annually for inflation. Seven months later, Governor Mike Kehoe signed House Bill 567, which kept the $15.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is preparing to terminate its EEO-1 reporting program, which for six decades has required U.S. companies to disclose workforce demographic data used to enforce federal anti-discrimination laws, according to a Guardian investigation.
Healthcare & LaborCongress sets the minimum federal wage; it does not update it. The $7.
