Home Newsroom Newsroom Get the latest news from our blogs, op-eds, news releases, and clips. Featured News News Release Minimum Wage Increases Coming in 2026 as Nationwide Affordability Crisis Deepens Blog Defending Worker Safety: Responding to OSHA and MSHA’s Dangerous Rollbacks Press Clips The American Prospect: How ICE Terror Campaigns Are Used to Discipline Labor Blog Home Care Workers Won the Right to Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay—the Trump Administration Wants to Take it Away Search Filters Topic Type Series Date Press Clips Washington Post: Labor Department Social Media Campaign Depicts a White Male Workforce The white supremacist imagery used in the DOL's campaign goes far beyond dog whistles. November 7, 2025 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 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 News Release NELP Condemns Confirmation of Andrea Lucas as EEOC Chair As acting EEOC chair, Lucas prioritized following President Trump, not enforcing the law or supporting workers facing discrimination. August 1, 2025 News Release Dismissal of Sheetz Case is a Shameful Abdication of EEOC’s Mission to Protect Workers The EEOC is abdicating its important role in protecting the civil rights of workers with records. June 7, 2025 Press Clips Prism: Nearly Half of REI Workers Reported Racial Discrimination on the Job, Survey Finds Sixty-four percent of REI workers surveyed believe the outdoor retailer is becoming a worse place to work. May 27, 2025 Press Clips Fast Company: Unionized REI Workers Allege Racial Discrimination In a new report from NELP, 47% of REI workers surveyed say they encountered discrimination on the job. May 14, 2025 Blog We Must Defend the Civil Rights of Workers with Conviction Records The Trump Administration cannot singlehandedly overrule congressionally created or judicially interpreted law. May 14, 2025 News Release REI Workers Speak Out: New Report Reveals REI Co-op’s Failure to Uphold Its Racial Equity Values Our report exposes deep racial inequities at REI, including widespread discrimination, inequitable scheduling, and limited mobility. May 13, 2025 Blog One Hundred Days of Trump Betrayal: The Fight for Workers’ Rights and Our Democracy Workers are joining together to defend their rights in the face of Trump's unlawful attacks. April 30, 2025
Blog Home Care Workers Won the Right to Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay—the Trump Administration Wants to Take it Away
Press Clips Washington Post: Labor Department Social Media Campaign Depicts a White Male Workforce The white supremacist imagery used in the DOL's campaign goes far beyond dog whistles. November 7, 2025
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
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
News Release NELP Condemns Confirmation of Andrea Lucas as EEOC Chair As acting EEOC chair, Lucas prioritized following President Trump, not enforcing the law or supporting workers facing discrimination. August 1, 2025
News Release Dismissal of Sheetz Case is a Shameful Abdication of EEOC’s Mission to Protect Workers The EEOC is abdicating its important role in protecting the civil rights of workers with records. June 7, 2025
Press Clips Prism: Nearly Half of REI Workers Reported Racial Discrimination on the Job, Survey Finds Sixty-four percent of REI workers surveyed believe the outdoor retailer is becoming a worse place to work. May 27, 2025
Press Clips Fast Company: Unionized REI Workers Allege Racial Discrimination In a new report from NELP, 47% of REI workers surveyed say they encountered discrimination on the job. May 14, 2025
Blog We Must Defend the Civil Rights of Workers with Conviction Records The Trump Administration cannot singlehandedly overrule congressionally created or judicially interpreted law. May 14, 2025
News Release REI Workers Speak Out: New Report Reveals REI Co-op’s Failure to Uphold Its Racial Equity Values Our report exposes deep racial inequities at REI, including widespread discrimination, inequitable scheduling, and limited mobility. May 13, 2025
Blog One Hundred Days of Trump Betrayal: The Fight for Workers’ Rights and Our Democracy Workers are joining together to defend their rights in the face of Trump's unlawful attacks. April 30, 2025
