News, video and worker stories
Hand-picked coverage on overtime, wage theft enforcement, and organizing. Every link goes to the original source's ongoing coverage, so it stays current.
US Department of Labor newsroom: wage and hour enforcement
Official announcements of back-wage recoveries and investigations, including overtime violations by name of employer.
U.S. Department of Labor
Overtime pay: the federal rules in plain language
The government's own explainer on the 40-hour rule, the regular rate of pay, and who is actually exempt.
DOL Wage and Hour Division
Know your rights video library
Short videos on overtime, recordkeeping, retaliation, and how a wage investigation actually works.
DOL Wage and Hour Division
Wage theft research and data
Studies estimating how much pay workers lose to minimum wage and overtime violations each year, state by state.
Economic Policy Institute
Labor Notes: shop-floor organizing coverage
Worker-written accounts of campaigns, contract fights, and how crews pushed back on forced overtime.
Labor Notes
NLRB news and case decisions
Election results, unfair labor practice complaints, and decisions that shape what employers can and cannot do.
National Labor Relations Board
More Perfect Union video reporting
Documentary-style videos following workers through organizing drives and pay disputes.
More Perfect Union
Worker stories and campaign updates
First-person accounts from workers organizing across industries, plus updates on active campaigns.
AFL-CIO
Union membership and earnings data
Annual data on union membership rates by state and the median weekly earnings gap between union and non-union workers.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Overtime and unpaid wages guides
Nonprofit plain-English guides on off-the-clock work, misclassification, and what to do when a paycheck is short.
Workplace Fairness