Friday, November 13, 2026
Job seekers talk with recruiters at tables during a job fair in a large hall.

Payrolls rose 165,000 in October while wages grew 3.1% in a year

Part-time work for economic reasons rose by 339,000 to 4.8 million, and Black unemployment stood at 6.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
Fishing boats are moored in a harbor beneath a cloudy sky.

StarKist Tuna Supply Chain Linked to Forced Labor

Neither StarKist nor its parent company responded to union leaders' requests to negotiate amid the allegations raised in an investigation by Global Labor Justice.
Shoppers' prices at a grocery store. File photo. Photo: vofuth / CC BY 2.0

Paychecks aren’t going as far. More Americans say they trust Democrats to help.

A 19th and YouGov poll finds more Americans say their paychecks are not going as far, and more say they trust Democrats to help.
Union members at a campaign rally in St. Paul, Minnesota. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Why More Political Campaigns Should Unionize

Building better campaigns starts with better worker protections.