Companies are recognizing that paid leave reduces training and turnover costs, that it's a formula for recruiting and retaining good workers.

The Labor Department's Hall of Honor recognizes men and women - like Cesar Chavez, Helen Keller, and the Workers of the Memphis Sanitation Strike - who have made invaluable contributions to the welfare of American workers.

We think it's very important, we think it's vital and it's just another step in retaining and recruiting members for the volunteer fire department and the ambulance service also because it includes them.

The Department of Labor's final conflict of interest rule will ensure that America's workers and retirees receive retirement advice in their best interest.

Labor Day 2013 is special. This year marks the centennial of the U.S. Department of Labor - 100 years of working for America's workers.

During Black History Month, I'm reminded yet again of the ways that the struggle for civil rights is interwoven with the struggle for workers' rights.