Labor leaders, politicians and civil rights activists are mourning the death of Alexis Herman, the first Black U.S. Secretary ...

The first African American woman to serve as the United States Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman died at the age of 77 on ...

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer warned all 50 states Friday about illegal immigrants collecting taxpayer-funded unemployment benefits.

A social worker, she became a Democratic Party insider and joined President Bill Clinton’s cabinet during his second term.

Ms. Herman’s ascent in Washington began as head of the Labor Department women’s bureau in the Carter administration in the ...

Renewed statehouse efforts to loosen child labor restrictions are pairing up with the Trump administration’s federal staff ...

Former Labor Secretary Alexis Herman died on Friday at the age of 77. Herman made history as the first Black person to hold ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Labor leaders, politicians and civil rights activists are mourning the death of Alexis Herman, the first Black U.S. Secretary of Labor and a fierce advocate for workplace equality.