News Releases | May 25, 2023

NELP Urges Caution on Portable Benefits Pilot Program Legislation

Such programs must promote worker mobility and strengthen economic security and not weaken existing labor rights.

Press Clips | May 22, 2023

Organizing Despite the Churn

Via: Labor Notes

When the Amazon Labor Union first submitted union authorization cards, “we had to withdraw and file again,” recalled organizing committee(…)

Press Clips | May 16, 2023

Why California’s COVID unemployment mess isn’t over yet

Via: The Orange County Register

The biggest logjam of contested unemployment cases lies in a state appeals process By Lauren Hepler | CalMatters It’s been 22(…)

News Releases | May 5, 2023

April Jobs Report: Job Growth Slows Just as Black Workers See More Gains

It’s an affront to workers that the Federal Reserve continues raising interest rates, threatening to throw the economy into recession.

Blog | May 1, 2023

New Jersey’s Temp Workers Win!

Tens of thousands of New Jersey temporary help and staffing agency workers triumphed over significant challenges, building power with support(…)

Press Clips | April 11, 2023

COVID created an expanded social safety net; activists are now quietly working to bring it back

Via: News Tribune

Emergency paid sick and family leave, modernizing and expanding unemployment insurance, monthly tax payments to families with children and expanded(…)

News Releases | April 7, 2023

March Jobs Report: Many Jobless Workers Excluded from Unemployment Insurance

Congress must act to build an unemployment insurance system that will support all workers at all times.

Press Clips | April 4, 2023

California bill would ban most criminal background checks

Via: HR Dive

As of 2021, 37 states and more than 150 cities and counties have adopted ban-the-box laws.

Blog | April 3, 2023

Hustling Against Criminalization and Its Employment

Black women, Black femmes, and Black queers in New Orleans hustle as a culture of resistance.

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