KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — While Labor Day celebrations now feature cookouts and weekend trips, the original holiday began following the Industrial Revolution with labor workers fighting to unionize ...

Members of United Teachers Los Angeles cheer during a Labor Day protest on Sept. 1, 2025, in Wilmington. (William Liang/For The Times) Thousands of union members and others participated in marches, ...

Tennessee passed a child-labor law in 1901. Prohibiting mines and factories from employing children under the age of 14, the law was dependent upon the courts for enforcement, since the state had no ...

A big crowd lined the streets of Pen Argyl on Monday for the borough’s 89th annual Labor Day parade. Candidates were also on hand campaigning, including Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dave McCormick ...

Child labor is back. What will we do about it? A dark shadow from America's past is re-emerging. The U.S. Labor Department's shocking revelation of a 37% increase in child labor violations isn't just ...

Sep 4, 2022 Sep 4, 2022 Updated Sep 1, 2023 0 In this 2013 photo, a sculpture honoring labor by Matthew Placzek is being installed next to the marina at Lewis & Clark Landing. A bobcat works on ...

With a camera the size of a bread box, photographer Lewis Hine infiltrated the factories, mills and mines where thousands of American children were forced to work in the early 1900s. Hine was hired by ...

Members of the Bac family play at the beach on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025, at Whitewater State Park in Altura.