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Delivering a strong safety net to unemployed workers
Millions of jobless workers are struggling to stay afloat while they look for another job. However, many who turn to the safety net are not getting the help they need. Part-time workers, low-wage earners and many female employees are being denied unemployment benefits due to outdated rules that don't reflect the modern workforce. Meanwhile, thousands more are running out of their extended benefits. NELP helped secure billions of dollars in the stimulus package to expand and extend unemployment insurance, and is now working hand-in-hand with states to implement the changes, boosting the economy and supporting the families hit hardest by the recession. To learn more, click here.
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- 07-02-09 NELP and the Fiscal Policy Institute report documents the collateral damage of Albany chaos on jobless New Yorker. Read More
- 07-02-09 NELP's Christine Owens: "Astonishing June job losses raise the alarm for record numbers of long term unemployed." Read More
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06-29-09
NELP and a coalition of human rights groups from around the country delivered a report asking the U.N. to address racial profiling in immigration enforcement by local police.
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06-29-09
NELP applauds passage of American Clean Energy Security Act, which will provide middle-class green jobs for communities across the country.
Read More - 06-18-09 NELP staff attorney Tsedeye Gebreselassie testifies before the Office of Management and Budget on strategies for using the federal contracting process to create good jobs. Read More
- 06-18-09 NELP and its allies have expanded unemployment benefits eligibility in 25 states as stimulus bill fuels an unprecedented wave of reform. Read More
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06-09-09
NELP and over a dozen allies asked the EEOC to investigate Manpower/Bank of America job postings that contain bars to hiring individuals with arrest or conviction histories, alleging discrimination against otherwise qualified African American and Latino applicants.
Read More - 06-08-09 NELP and allies submitted testimony to the New York State Wage Board calling for an increase in the tipped minimum wage and stronger worker protections in New York's hotel and restaurant industries. Read More
- 06-05-09 NELP sees continued bleak unemployment picture in May 2009, despite slowing job cuts. Read More
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06-01-09
NELP releases new analysis of model state policies implementing President Obama's new education initiative for jobless workers.
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05-27-09
Congresswoman Donna Edwards and twenty co-sponsors have introduced a bill backed by NELP to restore the minimum wage for tipped workers which has been frozen at $2.13 for 18 years.
Read More - 05-14-09 One City/One Future forum: NELP joins with advocates, grassroots allies and public officials in a day of learning and strategizing about economic development and recovery in New York City. Read More
- 05-07-09 NELP and IRLE release report warning of major difficulties with record levels of long-term unemployment in 2009 and into 2010. Read More
- 04-29-09 Policy co-director Annette Bernhardt gives book talk on The Gloves-Off Economy: Workplace Standards at the Bottom of America's Labor Market, at joint NELP/Demos event. Read More
- 04-23-09 Legal co-director Cathy Ruckelshaus testified before Congress on the H-2B guestworker program and strategies for improving the U.S. Department of Labor's enforcement of the rights of guestworkers. Read More
