Growing up, Jose Zavala didn’t always understand the pride that his dad, who is a bricklayer and tile setter, took in his work. It seemed like just a job, Jose explains. But now that he has followed his father into the same profession, he gets it.

Deborah Ross, who is running for the U.S. Senate seat in North Carolina against Republican Richard Burr, understands all too well that the best way to create new jobs for working families is by rebuilding the state’s crumbling bridges and roads, especially after the havoc wreaked by Hurricane Matthew.

As a former state representative in the North Carolina state House, she led the efforts for investing in public transportation and the state’s roads, schools, and water and sewer systems. She also pushed to attract companies to North Carolina, to keep high-paying jobs in the state and to raise the minimum wage. She wants to continue these efforts by representing North Carolinians in the U.S. Senate. 

Have you ever balanced two 20-pound bags on each side of your bike handlebars while traveling across a potholed 14th Street and an SUV sharply U-turns toward your right, leaving you seconds to make a life-saving evasive maneuver?  

Warning: The stories in this video discuss graphic sexual harassment and assault.

 As allegations continue to surface about Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump sexually assaulting women in the workplace and elsewhere, a new report on Chicago’s hospitality industry shows that the problem is much wider than Trump. A new survey conducted by UNITE HERE Local 1 in Illinois found that nearly half of housekeepers surveyed had guests expose themselves, flash them or answer the door naked. Nearly two-thirds of casino cocktail servers have had a guest grope, pinch, grab or try to touch them in an inappropriate way. Watch the video above and visit Hands Off Pants On to learn more.

Tonight's last presidential debate is set to focus on several topics of importance to working families. Here's what you need to know about the candidates on those issues in advance of the debate, so you can see how they stack up. 

Make no mistake, a Donald Trump presidency would be a disaster for our country. So we thought it would be good to jog everyone's memories on just how bad Trump is on the economy. Here are 10 things you should remember (after the jump).

Tonight is the third and final presidential debate, and we hope that the nominees will finally discuss the issues facing older Americans: expanding Social Security, strengthening Medicare, protecting earned pension benefits and reining in the skyrocketing prices of prescription drugs.

Fifteen percent of the U.S. population is older than age 65. That number is expected to grow to 20%, or 1 in 5 people by 2030. Ensuring that all Americans have a secure and healthy retirement after a lifetime of work should be at the top of the next president’s agenda.

Yes, Anthony “the Mooch” Scaramucci, a multimillionaire and top economic adviser to the Donald, just compared stockbrokers to African American slaves. Apparently the Mooch feels like a new rule that protects the savings of working people is so hard on stockbrokers that it’s like that time the Supreme Court said people of African descent could never claim U.S. citizenship! Poor little rich guy.

We can assume that Donald Trump isn't spending much time preparing for tomorrow's debate. One thing we know he won't be doing instead of debate prep is taking the time to help out the working people who make Vegas work. He says he's for all workers. But his record shows that he certainly isn't for those who work at his hotel, like Celia. Immigrants like Celia move to Las Vegas for a better life. Trump refuses to recognize this. Watch her tell her story in this video.

In an election cycle that seems mired down with nastiness, Hillary Clinton’s New College Compact is a breath of fresh air—and it offers a lot of breathing room for those struggling with the high cost of higher education. 

Jason Kander is firing up the imagination of the citizens of the Show Me State and hoping to wrest the Senate seat from Republican Roy Blunt.

Kander, an army captain who served his country in Afghanistan, is a former union member of the United Transportation Union, where he represented other members hurt on the job. Now he wants to serve all Missourians in the U.S. Senate.

"When an Oreo manufacturing plant in Chicago moves production to Mexico, hundreds of workers are laid off." Check out this NBC piece about the Chicago Nabisco plant!

Important elections are coming this fall. In addition to electing the next president of the United States, we will be voting for members of Congress, and state and local leaders. The outcome of these elections is likely to have a direct impact on your life, from the president, who will make lifetime appointments, to the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal courts to the city council members, who will decide whether or not you get that stoplight at the dangerous intersection near your home.

Every week, we bring you a roundup of the top news and commentary about issues and events important to working families. Here’s this week’s Working People Weekly List.

As a member of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 23 in Pittsburgh, Will Reynolds Young is making a difference in his community.

Dennis Mitchell builds tires at a plant in Buffalo, New York, alongside his co-workers in United Steelworkers (USW) Local 135. In this election season, he’s also busy talking to voters about strengthening the middle class and making sure working people across the country can get good-paying jobs.

At the second presidential debate, Donald Trump asked the American public to "look at what’s happening to steel and the cost of steel, and China dumping vast amounts of steel all over the United States, which essentially is killing our steelworkers and our steel companies." We did and so did Newsweek. The report, published last week, showed us yet again that all Trump does is run his mouth and pad his pockets. The Newsweek report found Trump used cheap Chinese steel and aluminum in two of his recent construction projects and went to great lengths to cover his tracks. Donald Trump turned his back on the U.S. steel and aluminum industries but, somehow, is claiming to be its savior. Trump can't be trusted and has given hardworking Americans yet another reason to cast their ballot for Hillary Clinton.

Each week, we take a look at the biggest friends and foes of labor. We celebrate the workers winning big and small battles, and we shame the companies or people trying to deny working people their rights.

Another presidential debate, another night of Donald Trump making a joke of the issues and concerns that are important to working people. Once again, it was clear that Hillary Clinton is on our side, which is why we're with her.

Leona Helmsley famously said that "Only the little people pay taxes." In a recent presidential debate, Donald Trump bragged that not paying taxes makes him "smart."