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At a time when opinion polling shows Americans’ number one concern is the economy and cost of living, organized labor is at an inflection point. Union membership has been on a steady decline since Ronald Regan was elected president in 1980, according to Paul Clark, a Penn State professor who studies and teaches about unions.

Harrisburg’s long-running Labor Day festival will return this weekend, celebrating the city’s cultural diversity along the Susquehanna River.

This Labor Day we explore the long history and controversial future of the gig economy

Unions have been thrust into the center of the fray, gaining new followers and visibility while dealing with their own financial turmoil and shifting public health directives.

The price-tracking website Gasbuddy found people in the commonwealth need to work an average of 86.6 hours annually to fill their gas tanks.