Unions

Pre-apprenticeships bridge skill gaps to help participants who are not employment-ready learn both skills they need to qualify for entry into high-quality registered apprenticeship programs and the competencies to successfully complete those apprenticeships.

We sat down to interview Jamaine “G” Gibson and Lisa Vickery about their experiences with Joint Workforce Investment.

Union membership grew in the U.S. last year by more than a quarter of a million workers. Here's what the numbers mean.

We're exploring the many ways unions advance the interest of all workers.

A Labor-Management Partnership Forum, sometimes referred to as a labor-management committee, serves a valuable purpose by allowing management and workers to sit down together and collaborate on important issues. However, like any recurring meeting, over time they can become stale or even feel counterproductive.

The five titles of the LMRDA cover a range of activities.

Federal law requires employers – management – and consultants to file “Surveillance Reports” to report certain expenditures and arrangements they make in connection with labor disputes.

Unions improve the well-being of workers and support the mission of the U.S. Department of Labor in many ways.

We caught up with Joe Pittman II, a member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, to share how the Special Financial Assistance program will benefit him and his family. 

At the Department of Labor’s Office of Labor-Management Standards, we’re committed to advancing labor-management transparency while ensuring workers have a voice in their workplaces. The Advancing Labor-Management Partnership Initiative, or AMP, will help us advance our mission by enabling us to identify examples of labor-management cooperation through collective bargaining and promote collaboration between unions and employers. What is a Labor-Management Partnership? What do you think of when you hear the word partnership? For some it may invoke an image of a couple who has trav