Home Newsroom Newsroom Get the latest news from our blogs, op-eds, news releases, and clips. Featured News Press Clips The Guardian: Trump Vowed to Champion US Workers—the Reality Has Been a Relentless Assault News Release NELP Condemns Trump’s Firing of Thousands of Federal Workers Blog Clear, Grounded, and Resolved: Rising Above the Chaos of the Trump Administration Blog MLK’s Dream vs. Trump-Era Policies: Advancing Workers’ Rights in 2025 Search Filters Topic Type Series Date Press Clips CT News Junkie: AI in the Workplace, Algorithms at Rideshare Companies Seen Reshaping Jobs and Wages in Connecticut NELP's Dan Ocampo described how Uber and Lyft are taking bigger commissions while driver pay declines. March 11, 2025 News Release Congress Must Reject Attempts to Roll Back Labor and Employment Rights Congress must reject fake “portable benefits” proposals and ensure all workers are covered by the same suite of full benefits. March 6, 2025 Press Clips Bloomberg Law: Franchisers Seize GOP Sweep as Opportunity on Joint Employer NELP's Cathy Ruckelshaus discussed the latest effort to gut joint employer liability. February 3, 2025 Blog As a Delivery Worker Union Campaign Takes Off, Amazon Tries to Dodge Labor Law DSP drivers across the U.S. have unionized—making demands for better working conditions, but facing hurdles obtaining their first contract. November 22, 2024 Blog Flex Drivers Are Winning the Right to Unemployment Insurance Benefits Misclassified delivery drivers are winning the right to unemployment insurance by challenging Amazon’s claim that they are independent contractors. November 18, 2024 Blog Uber’s Price-Gouging and What We Can Do About It Uber has reached record profitability by gouging both consumers and drivers. November 14, 2024 Blog How Antitrust Law Supports Workers’ Rights Worker misclassification makes it more difficult for honest employers to compete and should be considered an unfair trade practice. September 23, 2024 News Release On the FTC’s Non-Compete Contracts Rule The National Employment Law Project (NELP) applauds the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) rule banning non-compete contracts for virtually all workers. April 23, 2024 News Release On the Supreme Court’s Decision in Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries—a Win for Delivery Drivers Today’s unanimous decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries upholds delivery workers’ rights to seek unpaid wages in court. April 12, 2024 News Release On Minneapolis’s New Minimum Pay Standard for Uber and Lyft Drivers We applaud the Minneapolis City Council for passing a minimum pay standard for app-based ride-hail drivers. March 15, 2024
Press Clips The Guardian: Trump Vowed to Champion US Workers—the Reality Has Been a Relentless Assault
Press Clips CT News Junkie: AI in the Workplace, Algorithms at Rideshare Companies Seen Reshaping Jobs and Wages in Connecticut NELP's Dan Ocampo described how Uber and Lyft are taking bigger commissions while driver pay declines. March 11, 2025
News Release Congress Must Reject Attempts to Roll Back Labor and Employment Rights Congress must reject fake “portable benefits” proposals and ensure all workers are covered by the same suite of full benefits. March 6, 2025
Press Clips Bloomberg Law: Franchisers Seize GOP Sweep as Opportunity on Joint Employer NELP's Cathy Ruckelshaus discussed the latest effort to gut joint employer liability. February 3, 2025
Blog As a Delivery Worker Union Campaign Takes Off, Amazon Tries to Dodge Labor Law DSP drivers across the U.S. have unionized—making demands for better working conditions, but facing hurdles obtaining their first contract. November 22, 2024
Blog Flex Drivers Are Winning the Right to Unemployment Insurance Benefits Misclassified delivery drivers are winning the right to unemployment insurance by challenging Amazon’s claim that they are independent contractors. November 18, 2024
Blog Uber’s Price-Gouging and What We Can Do About It Uber has reached record profitability by gouging both consumers and drivers. November 14, 2024
Blog How Antitrust Law Supports Workers’ Rights Worker misclassification makes it more difficult for honest employers to compete and should be considered an unfair trade practice. September 23, 2024
News Release On the FTC’s Non-Compete Contracts Rule The National Employment Law Project (NELP) applauds the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) rule banning non-compete contracts for virtually all workers. April 23, 2024
News Release On the Supreme Court’s Decision in Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries—a Win for Delivery Drivers Today’s unanimous decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries upholds delivery workers’ rights to seek unpaid wages in court. April 12, 2024
News Release On Minneapolis’s New Minimum Pay Standard for Uber and Lyft Drivers We applaud the Minneapolis City Council for passing a minimum pay standard for app-based ride-hail drivers. March 15, 2024
