US Clean Energy Jobs Outnumber Fossil Fuel Jobs Three to One
Last year’s downturn in solar installations put a damper on the clean energy party in the US, but that’s only...
Last year’s downturn in solar installations put a damper on the clean energy party in the US, but that’s only...
Most Americans believe that a rising tide should lift all boats—that as the economy expands, everybody should reap the rewards....
Last fall, the University of Delaware, in partnership with the Energy and Climate Academy of Denmark, announced it was creating a...
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the fastest growing occupation in the US is solar PV installer, with a projected...
While Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is getting much-deserved for her handling of the shutdown President Donald Trump instigated...
When members of Congress introduced legislation this week raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, it was in...
A program has been created by HBI and IREC to help at-risk youth get jobs in the solar power industry. Solar...
Voters in Arkansas and Missouri have approved a ballot initiative that would significantly raise the minimum wage in their states,...
There’s a wildly incorrect claim that Republicans are more “pro-job” or “pro-economy” than Democrats. That’s absolutely not true… Read more…
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) congratulated Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Tuesday for announcing he would raise wages to $15 per...
The US energy efficiency industry added more new jobs than any other industry in the country’s entire energy sector in...
The White House announced Thursday that they would be canceling scheduled pay increases for government employees, citing budget concerns. In a...
Wells Fargo was ordered to pay California employees $97 million for violating the state’s labor laws. Judge Percy Anderson handed...
Charles French, the president of the Greensboro City Workers’ Union, took a mic and told the crowd to go to...
Strikes have taken place at McDonald’s and TGI Friday’s restaurants across the UK in recent months. These strikes are the...
The first comprehensive study of the massive pay gap between the US executive suite and average workers has found that...
A new bill aimed at bolstering unions’ power and ending abuses by employers was met with loud cheers in Washington,...
Uber and Lyft drivers in the US make a median profit of $3.37 per hour before taxes, according to a...
The Fight for $15, the movement that has galvanized city campaigns to raise the pay of low-wage workers, is teaming...
As Donald Trump celebrates Labor Day by proposing to slash taxes for CEOs such as himself, it may come as...
U.S. activists plan protests in up to 400 cities across the United States on Monday’s Labor Day holiday to demand...
Bernie Sanders has attacked Nissan for doing “everything it can” to stop workers from unionizing at its Mississippi plant despite...
President Trump took credit for pushing the auto companies around to force them to keep jobs in the U.S., which...
The White House’s real position on bringing back coal jobs was revealed after Trump economic adviser Gary Cohn made it...
Sen. Bernie Sanders along with House and Senate Democrats introduced a bill today that will give Democrats a powerful rallying...
President Trump has promised to revive the coal industry and double down on fossil fuels, creating “so many energy jobs,”...
By a 50-49 vote, Senate Republicans have rolled back an Obama-era regulation that allowed states to create retirement accounts for...
The Missouri Supreme Court gave low-wage workers in St. Louis a raise on Tuesday. The five-judge panel issued a ruling...
If Donald Trump truly cared about working Americans, as he claimed during his campaign, he never would have nominated a...
Would you rather be a coal miner or a solar power technician? Bad news if you answered (correctly) that life...
Areas all over the country approved minimum wage hikes during this year’s elections, and corporations are not happy about it....
Be careful what you wish for. That’s the message that coal workers in the United States should have listened to...
Donald Trump’s pick as Labor Secretary telegraphs his plan to use the Executive Branch of the government to declare war...
WASHINGTON ― Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is not impressed by President-elect Donald Trump’s deal with Carrier Corp. to keep roughly...
Voters, “tired of waiting” for federal lawmakers, will soon be casting their ballot in Arizona, Colorado, Maine, and Washington to...
Any human being who has ever ran a business, unless it is completely “owner-operated,” comprehends that without a labor force,...
Conservative lawmakers have been pushing to pass a federal piece of legislation entitled the National Right to Work act which...
One of the defining traits of conservatives, particularly wealthy conservatives, is embracing any policy that enriches the already wealthy at...
Low-income workers rallied across the country to turn the minimum wage into a livable one in 2015. As servers and...
In June, President Obama signed an executive order that directed the Labor Department to chance the rules for overtime pay....
About five years ago, one of the nation’s largest corporations, Tyson Foods, drew a bullseye on the official who oversaw...
Many wealthy white conservative males believe they deserve their good fortunes, and that the poor are taking handouts. But on...
In the autumn of 2012, when Walmart first heard about the possibility of a strike on Black Friday, executives mobilized...
Fast-food strikers got a boost to their campaign on Tuesday morning, when Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton personally tweeted out...
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday at two campaign stops in Iowa that she would like to...