News Releases | April 6, 2016

Report: How Trades Unions Can Help the Formerly Incarcerated Find Good Jobs

Union-led programs inside and outside prisons are helping the formerly incarcerated find meaningful employment.

News Releases | April 5, 2016

Arizona Ballot Measure Seeks to Raise Minimum Wage to $12 by 2020

Arizona becomes the fifth state where voters may decide a minimum wage increase on Election Day 2016.

News Releases | March 31, 2016

New York State Agrees to $15 Minimum Wage Plan

The deal means big raises for nearly 1 in 3 workers, reversing years of falling pay.

News Releases | March 28, 2016

California Reported to be First State to Reach $15 Minimum Wage

The potential California action marks a rapid acceleration of the $15 minimum wage movement.

News Releases | March 24, 2016

OSHA Issues Updated Rule Protecting Workers from Deadly Silica Dust

Workers should not have to sacrifice their lives for a paycheck.

News Releases | March 18, 2016

12 Companies That Are Turning ‘Gig’ Jobs Into Good Jobs

These companies are showing that what’s good for workers is also good for business.

News Releases | March 16, 2016

NELP Applauds New Federal Legislation to Fight Wage Theft

The bill incorporates the best practices for preventing and remedying wage theft.

News Releases | March 15, 2016

On the Overtime Rule Moving to OMB

Reforms will give working families more time, money, or both. Now it’s up to OMB to approve the final rule.

News Releases | February 29, 2016

NELP Applauds Foundations’ Move to ‘Ban the Box’

Leading philanthropies to adopt fair-chance hiring for people with records.

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