A federal agent has testified that Georgia labor officials were bribed by an alleged criminal organization accused of subjecting farmworkers to forced labor and degrading living conditions, including ...

Georgia Department of Labor's new strategic plan includes modernized technology, clear language and support for workers and ...

National AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Fred Redmond believes the Peach State is politically ripe for more growth in unions and more protections for workers. "Well here in the state of Georgia we have ...

More workers are looking for and finding jobs in Georgia as the state's unemployment rate stays low. Georgia's unemployment rate remained at 3.1% in April for the ninth month in a row, although that's ...

The Georgia Department of Labor recently reported the state’s unemployment rate hit 3.5% in May, its lowest point in a year. But something else dropped, too: the size of the labor force. Georgia’s ...

ATLANTA — The Georgia unemployment rate fell in all of its regional commission areas, according to the Department of Labor. Heading into 2024, Georgia Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson said each part ...

ATLANTA - Georgia’s labor commissioner says he is seriously ill with cancer. Republican Bruce Thompson said in a written statement Friday that he was suddenly diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, ...

Georgia leaders are mourning the loss of Georgia's tenth Commissioner of Labor Bruce Thompson who reportedly died after a brief battle with cancer, according to Gov. Brian Kemp. Thompson passed away ...

Operation Blooming Onion is among the largest criminal prosecutions of labor trafficking of foreign farmworkers. Cogdell Berry Farm hired labor contractors whose Georgia homes were searched, money ...

Georgia is expected to outperform the national economy slightly, but experts predict slower overall growth for the state.