Home Insights & Research Page 26 Insights & Research Dive deeper into the issues with our expert research and analyses. Featured Insights Policy & Data Brief 2026 Policy and Advocacy Agenda: Anchoring Hope in Collective Action Policy & Data Brief NELP’s New York City Worker Justice Agenda Fact Sheet Understanding Your Rights When Losing Work Authorization: FAQs for Immigrant Workers and Advocates Report Raises from Coast to Coast in 2026 Search Filters Topic Type Language Series Date Comments & Letters Letter to Congress on passing a robust pandemic relief package Letter urging Congress to act quickly to pass a robust pandemic relief package to control the virus, address hardship, and boost the economy. February 1, 2021 Fact Sheet Why the U.S. Needs a $15 Minimum Wage The federal minimum wage is just $7.25 and has not increased since 2009. This fact sheet shows how a $15 minimum wage would benefit workers. January 26, 2021 Comments & Letters Letter to Congress on Labor Protections for App-Based Workers This letter to Congress calls for app-based workers to be entitled to basic labor protections. January 25, 2021 Amicus Brief NELP and NYCOSH Amicus Brief Supporting Amazon Workers’ Demands for COVID-19 Protections NELP and the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health submit amici curiae brief in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants in Palmer v. Amazon. January 25, 2021 Report 2019–2020 Impact Report: Resiliency & Purpose January 1, 2021 Report Raises From Coast to Coast in 2021 A total of 74 states, cities, and counties raised their minimum wages in 2021, many to $15 per hour or more. December 31, 2020 Fact Sheet Barriers to Rapidly Growing Professions State Fact Sheets We look at the growing occupations in states where law requires a criminal background check, and recommend reforms. December 23, 2020 Policy & Data Brief How States and Cities Can Respond to Workers’ Demands for Economic Security, Health and Safety Protections, and Workplace Democracy This policy agenda outlines four broad categories of action that states, and in many cases cities, should take to protect working families and promote a just and fully inclusive recovery. December 17, 2020 Comments & Letters Six Recommended Goals for the Biden-Harris Administration NELP recommends that all actions contemplated by the Biden-Harris administration be measured against the six goals in this document. December 10, 2020 Fact Sheet Floridians Should Vote Yes on Amendment 2 and Raise Wages for Workers Florida Should Follow the Lead of the Seven States That Have Enacted Laws to Gradually Raise the Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour October 27, 2020
Fact Sheet Understanding Your Rights When Losing Work Authorization: FAQs for Immigrant Workers and Advocates
Comments & Letters Letter to Congress on passing a robust pandemic relief package Letter urging Congress to act quickly to pass a robust pandemic relief package to control the virus, address hardship, and boost the economy. February 1, 2021
Fact Sheet Why the U.S. Needs a $15 Minimum Wage The federal minimum wage is just $7.25 and has not increased since 2009. This fact sheet shows how a $15 minimum wage would benefit workers. January 26, 2021
Comments & Letters Letter to Congress on Labor Protections for App-Based Workers This letter to Congress calls for app-based workers to be entitled to basic labor protections. January 25, 2021
Amicus Brief NELP and NYCOSH Amicus Brief Supporting Amazon Workers’ Demands for COVID-19 Protections NELP and the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health submit amici curiae brief in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants in Palmer v. Amazon. January 25, 2021
Report Raises From Coast to Coast in 2021 A total of 74 states, cities, and counties raised their minimum wages in 2021, many to $15 per hour or more. December 31, 2020
Fact Sheet Barriers to Rapidly Growing Professions State Fact Sheets We look at the growing occupations in states where law requires a criminal background check, and recommend reforms. December 23, 2020
Policy & Data Brief How States and Cities Can Respond to Workers’ Demands for Economic Security, Health and Safety Protections, and Workplace Democracy This policy agenda outlines four broad categories of action that states, and in many cases cities, should take to protect working families and promote a just and fully inclusive recovery. December 17, 2020
Comments & Letters Six Recommended Goals for the Biden-Harris Administration NELP recommends that all actions contemplated by the Biden-Harris administration be measured against the six goals in this document. December 10, 2020
Fact Sheet Floridians Should Vote Yes on Amendment 2 and Raise Wages for Workers Florida Should Follow the Lead of the Seven States That Have Enacted Laws to Gradually Raise the Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour October 27, 2020
