Women exited the U.S. labor force at a record pace in 2025. A national survey by Catalyst reveals caregiving pressures as the main driver for women leaving the workplace.

In just three months, more than 1 million foreign-born workers disappeared from the U.S. labor force. Let that sink in. From March to June 2025, the foreign-born labor force shrank from approximately ...

The rise of Black and Latina women in union leadership roles marks a significant shift in the American labor movement, reflecting broader changes in workforce demographics and societal expectations.

In 2025, however, it appears that the gains that women had made in recent years started to slip away. In the first half of the year, about 212,000 women exited the workforce, and there was a marked ...

*Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) has introduced legislation aimed at preventing hospitals from discharging women during active labor, particularly addressing the disproportionate risks Black women face in ...

Women who used a virtual reality (VR) headset to watch relaxing immersive scenes — such as a walk through a forest or along a beach — experienced a reduction in labor pain, according to results from a ...

After spending more than 25 combined years promoting the trade union movement and protecting the right to organize in the United States and around the world, we see the report “And Still I Rise: Black ...

Much the same as at home, women in the workplace are expected to do most of the unseen work that supports team and company culture. Women take care of countless unnoticed but necessary duties at ...

Sarah G. Bagley was the first leader of the Female Labor Reform Association of Lowell, a pioneer woman labor editor and labor leader. Yet knowledge of her background and early life is scant. She was a ...