Retail workers find common cause with fast-food employees demanding more hours and higher wages.

As France is weighed down with economic trouble, a new group of employees from two large hardware store chains is demanding to work more.

The U.S. is suspending its trade benefits for Bangladesh. The Obama administration said the country has not moved quickly enough to address workplace safety following an eight-story factory collapse that killed over 1,000 workers.

Walmart employees and other low-wage workers hope the spotlight on U.S. companies in Bangladesh galvanizes support for their campaigns at home.

The solution to garment industry worker abuses could lay in the hands of an unexpected retailer.

New York's City Council has approved a bill requiring employers with 15 or more employees to offer five paid sick days per year to their employees. The bill, passed by a veto-proof majority, is the latest in a series of cities to take up the idea.

ProPublica and Marketplace team up for a special investigation into an underworld of labor brokers, known as "raiteros," who charge worker fees, pushing their pay below minimum wage.

In a twist, former employees who'd been duped out of overtime pay become part-owners of a Harvard Square pizzeria.

Some economists predict immigration reform will have little effect on wages — and might even bring higher pay.

If drivers walk off the job, more than 150,000 students could be looking for a ride to school.