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Blog Unemployment Insurance and the Government Shutdown: What Federal Workers and Contractors Need to Know
Blog Home Care Workers Won the Right to Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay—the Trump Administration Wants to Take it Away
News Release EEOC and Labor Solicitor Confirmations Advance Trump’s Anti-Worker Agenda We call for strict congressional oversight over the EEOC and Labor Department. October 7, 2025
Blog Unemployment Insurance and the Government Shutdown: What Federal Workers and Contractors Need to Know What federal workers and contractors need to know to help support themselves during the government shutdown. October 3, 2025
News Release Government Shutdown Delays September Jobs Report: Decision-Makers Blindfolded Without Reliable Economic Data Without this important data, decision-makers will not be able to monitor the impacts of the Trump administration’s anti-worker policy choices. October 3, 2025
Press Clips The American Prospect: How ICE Terror Campaigns Are Used to Discipline Labor While Chicago sees a surge of ICE detentions, workers are facing retaliation as immigrants when they advocate for their rights. October 1, 2025
News Release Shutdown Forces Working Families to Shoulder Costs of a Manufactured Crisis GOP leaders have threatened to use this shutdown as an excuse to cut benefits and fire even more public servants. October 1, 2025
Press Clips City & State NY: The $30/hour McDonald’s Job Isn’t as Far-Fetched as it Sounds (Opinion) The spread of cities’ minimum wage laws around U.S. lends credibility to Zohran Mamdani’s promise of $30/hour for NYC by 2030. September 26, 2025
Press Clips Truthout: State GOP Officials Seize Trump’s ‘War on Crime’ to Disempower Blue Cities GOP officials have long sought to erode Democratic-led cities’ autonomy on wage rates, abortion access, LGBTQ rights, and more. September 25, 2025
Press Clips Streetsblog NYC: New Bill Would Force Amazon to Directly Hire its Delivery Drivers Proposed legislation would require Amazon to directly hire its drivers who make deliveries across New York City. September 25, 2025
Press Clips Dayton Daily News: Should Private Employers Be Allowed to Ask about Criminal Backgrounds? Dayton Rep Proposes ‘Banning the Box’ Local lawmaker wants to take Ohio’s public sector ban-the-box policy to the private sector. September 11, 2025
News Release NELP Condemns Supreme Court Decision Allowing Racial Profiling and Mass Immigration Stops The National Employment Law Project strongly condemns the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to permit discriminatory immigration enforcement in Los Angeles. September 9, 2025
