News Releases | February 6, 2024

With Gratitude to SEIU President Mary Kay Henry

NELP offers its congratulations and deepest gratitude to SEIU President Mary Kay Henry.

News Releases | September 26, 2023

New Report Finds Amazon Warehouse Wages Fall Far Short, Fail to Provide Workers Middle-Income Earnings

Analysis finds company’s pay lags well behind other warehouse employers, insufficient for workers to approach even average earnings in the(…)

News Releases | July 25, 2023

NELP Applauds Legislation to Raise the Federal Minimum Wage

If signed into law, the Raise the Wage Act would mean increased earnings for over 60% of workers living in(…)

News Releases | December 22, 2022

Record Number of Cities, States will Increase Minimum Wages in 2023

After 10th anniversary of Fight for $15, raises signal that worker organizing has been effective amid pandemic recovery, record inflation

News Releases | November 29, 2022

Ten Years In, Fight for $15 and a Union Movement Helped Reduce Racial Wealth Gap Nationally, Injected $87.6 Billion Annually into U.S. Economy

The Fight for $15 has helped Black and Latinx working people build wealth and inspired worker organizing across the U.S.

News Releases | May 4, 2022

Statement in response to the passage of an $18 minimum wage by 2028 in Hawaii

Lawmakers in Hawaii approved a bill that would raise the state minimum wage to $18 by January 2028,

News Releases | March 1, 2022

State of the Union: It’s Time to Raise the Federal Minimum Wage

Congress cannot just pay lip service to frontline workers whose labor they take for granted.

News Releases | December 20, 2021

Record Number of Cities, States Will Increase Minimum Wages in 2022 

­21 states and 35 cities and counties will raise their wage floors in the New Year.

News Releases | July 27, 2021

Fight for $15 Movement Has Won $150B in Wage Raises for 26M Workers in Less Than a Decade

Of the $150B in raises workers have secured, $76B has gone to workers of color and $70B to women workers.

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