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Lee este artículo en español. It might sound strange, but Edwin Sostre will tell you that losing his job led him to his professional passion and purpose.

Lee este artículo en español. When new management took over at the Benton Harbor, Michigan, pancake house where she had been serving for several years, Erica Campbell knew some of the company’s wage practices were simply not right. The restaurant began requiring servers to pay the employer $2 per hour from their tips, but didn’t have a tip pooling arrangement in place.

In honor of the Labor Department’s 103rd birthday on March 4, here are some facts we bet you didn’t know.

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Deputy Labor Secretary Chris Lu (top row, fourth from left) visits the Dannon Project in February 2016.

Lee este artículo en español. Jesus Mondragon’s 16 years working as a courier for San Leandro, California-based National Consolidated Couriers Inc.

These are some of the things that human rights professionals are saying about the Bureau of International Labor Affairs’ mobile app, “Sweat & Toil: Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking Around the World.” Released in the iTunes store last September, the app is now available to download on Android devices at Google Play. The […]

Like all working parents, Brittany Miller occasionally needed to take time off to care for her family. A mom and assistant manager at a Best Western hotel in Forney, Texas, Brittany was a salaried employee who made $550 per week. She worked hard and took her responsibilities seriously. So when her paycheck repeatedly came up short because of several deductions over three months, she was dismayed.

Lee este artículo en español. During the dog days of summer in Texas and across the southwest, the “paletero” – kind of like an ice cream man – is a staple in most Hispanic neighborhoods.