The Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola became a state-run prison in 1901 when Louisiana purchased the former slave ...

A team of prison reformists made their final push Tuesday to convince a federal judge to order an end to “degrading and dehiumanizing” labor for field workers on the so-called Farm Line at the state’s ...

The southern African nation of Malawi has launched a new polio vaccination campaign this week in another reminder that the ...

As World War II reshaped rural Iowa, German prisoners of war became an essential labor force, and, in some cases, unexpected friends and neighbors.

Irate workers from Delarmere Pivots and Gorge Farm march through the streets of Naivasha town protesting meager pay and poor working conditions. [Anthony Gitonga, Standard] Flower farm workers in ...

State records show UFW certified workers at eight California farms via 2023 law. Three employers have ratified contracts; others remain in bargaining or mediation. Law limits certifications to 75 ...

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit Wednesday against United Pride Dairy, a dairy farm in Phillips, Wisconsin, alleging discrimination against three employees of Mexican ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Suspected militants opened fire on a police officer guarding a team of polio workers in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing the officer and a passerby before fleeing, police ...

The owners of a farm near San Marcos have been ordered to pay more than $245,000 in back wages and civil penalties after the U.S. Department of Labor found they were charging 30 agricultural workers ...

HERAT, Afghanistan (AP) — In a tiny room in the center of Herat, Afghanistan’s westernmost city, Shahabuddin uses his hands to propel himself along the floor to a freshly-made pile of socks waiting to ...