Chavez-DeRemer’s Labor Secretary Nomination Highlights Tension Between Pro-Worker Promises and Trump’s Project 2025 Anti-Labor Policies

Chavez-DeRemer’s moderate stances cannot mask the broader Trump administration agenda she would serve—one that threatens to roll back hard-won worker protections.

Uber’s Price-Gouging and What We Can Do About It

Uber has reached record profitability by gouging both consumers and drivers.

NELP Pledges to Fight for Workers’ Rights, Demand Corporate Accountability, and Pursue a Good-Jobs Economy Under Trump Administration

In the wake of the election, NELP reaffirms its commitment to fighting for workers' rights and building a good-jobs economy.

On Judge’s Decision to Block the FTC’s Ban on Noncompetes in Employment Contracts

NELP decries a federal court ruling blocking the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on noncompete provisions in employment contracts.

When Employers Turn Employees into Consumers, State and Local Regulators Can Turn to Consumer Protection Law

Consumer laws provide an effective method of reining in Training Repayment Agreement Provisions (TRAPs).

State Law Provides an Untapped Route to Combat TRAPs and Other Coercive Contracts

State antitrust officials can prohibit TRAPs and other stay-or-pay contracts under existing unfair methods of competition laws.

How Cities and States Can Unlock Workers Across the Country from TRAPs

If left unchecked, TRAPs and other stay-or-pay contracts have the potential to leave workers buried in debt just for taking a better opportunity.

Newsweek: States Must Act Now to Protect Workers’ Rights From Trump Courts

Worker protections rolled out by the Biden administration are being blocked by the Trump-packed courts. States need to step up.

On the Supreme Court Overturning Chevron Deference to Federal Agencies

Workers Choose Solidarity and Demand Accountability  

In 2023, more than 300,000 workers engaged in work stoppages or strikes in the first nine months and workers in a diversity of industries won better pay and benefits.