--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Peter Cole ## Peter Cole Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close ## Peter Cole Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Aug 30, 2019 ### [Beyond Labor Day: 3 Ways Unions Have Helped American Workers](https://time.com/5663465/labor-day-union-history/) From changing the length of the workweek to making sure workers are promoted from danger [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Jun 24, 2016 ### [The Law That Changed the American Workplace](https://time.com/4376857/flsa-history/) The Fair Labor Standards Act was signed on June 25, 1938 [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Feb 23, 2015 ### [Obama Takes a Page From FDR’s Playbook](https://time.com/3719435/obama-fdr-dockworkers-strike/) In helping to resolve a longshore standoff, the President showed that he’s learned from history [HISTORY](/section/history/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/peter-cole/","name":"Peter Cole"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/peter-cole/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/peter-cole/"},"name":"Peter Cole","jobTitle":null,"description":"","url":"https://time.com/author/peter-cole/","sameAs":["https://x.com/ProfPeterCole"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```