St Louis organizer Bill Sentner led some of the most successful labor battles in Midwestern history by uniting workers across ...

A recent ruling by a federal judge has allowed a civil rights lawsuit filed by Oscar Hampton, a Black attorney formerly employed at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), to proceed. Hampton’s case ...

A federal judge ruled on Monday that the civil rights lawsuit by a Black attorney who was fired in 2023 from a high position at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) can proceed with his claims of ...

Former Labor Secretary Alexis Herman died on Friday at the age of 77. Herman made history as the first Black person to hold the role after former President Bill Clinton nominated her to the post ...

Black college seniors graduating into soft labor market and reduced DEI practices The class of 2025 faces an uncertain future, but members also say they are seeking jobs at companies where “I ...

The grant dollars — which the agency has been doling out since Congress allocated funding for fraud and access work in 2021 — don’t align with department priorities anymore, Labor says.

Black and Latina women are driving labor union growth in the U.S. amid a decades-long decline in membership. In 2023, Black women’s union membership rate notched a slight bump from 10.3% to 10.5 ...

On Jan. 13, the U.S. Department of Labor announced the availability of at least $25 million in grants to provide training and employment services for incarcerated individuals before and after ...

"Black Enterprise's" 2010 Women of Power Honoree Alexis Herman, who was also a pioneer as the first Black U.S. Labor Secretary, dies at 76.

Alexis Herman, the first Black U.S. Secretary of Labor, died Friday at the age of 77. Herman, a native of Mobile, served as the labor secretary in President Bill Clinton’s administration in 1997 ...

Alexis M. Herman, who served as labor secretary from 1997 to 2001 under former President Bill Clinton, died Friday. She was 77.