Last year saw no shortage of conflict between labor and management, with half a million American workers on strike at some point during the year, double the figure of 2022 and four times that of 2021.

The most sought-after labor-relations adviser in the U.S. today is Joe Scanlon, 56, onetime prizefighter, open-hearth tender, steel company cost accountant, union local president and now a lecturer in ...

Our department manager forces people to do overtime (OT) work at an average of two hours every day. He justifies this one-year-old policy due to lack of workers. Is there a cure? — Glass Sparrow. OT ...