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 Law 360: Mamdani Expected to Shift NYC Wage Policies NELP's Paul Sonn discusses how Mayor Mamdani can strengthen workers' rights in NYC. January 7, 2026 News Release On the Appointment of Julie Su as New York City Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice Zohran Mamdani’s announcement of Julie Su as New York City’s first ever Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice is tremendous news for working New Yorkers. December 19, 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 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 Press Clips TPM: The Trump Administration is Investigating Workers’ Rights in Mexico While Demolishing Them at Home NELP's Josh Boxerman calls out the Trump administration's record on workers' rights. September 1, 2025 Blog Home Care Workers Won the Right to Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay—the Trump Administration Wants to Take it Away The Trump Administration is trying to gut employment rights for home care workers through the federal rulemaking process. August 29, 2025 News Release Workers Rights Organizations Condemn the Dismantling of Workplace Civil Rights Enforcement Agency Trump's Labor Department has just placed hundreds of staff of a critical civil rights enforcement agency on administrative leave. April 17, 2025 Press Clips Bloomberg Law: Trump’s Federal Workforce Cuts Hit Labor Department Enforcement NELP's Cathy Ruckelshaus on how USDOL workforce cuts undermine employer accountability for paying fair wages. February 24, 2025 Press Clips The Nation: Trump’s Labor Secretary Pick Turns Out to Be Super Anti-Labor Surprise, surprise: Former representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer supports anti-union “right to work” laws and rejects a national minimum-wage hike. February 21, 2025 Press Clips Truthout: As Trump Attacks Federal Labor Protections, How Can States Protect Workers? From limits on heat exposure to overtime rules, states can fill in some gaps as Trump dismantles federal protections. February 9, 2025
Blog Home Care Workers Won the Right to Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay—the Trump Administration Wants to Take it Away
Press Clips Law 360: Mamdani Expected to Shift NYC Wage Policies NELP's Paul Sonn discusses how Mayor Mamdani can strengthen workers' rights in NYC. January 7, 2026
News Release On the Appointment of Julie Su as New York City Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice Zohran Mamdani’s announcement of Julie Su as New York City’s first ever Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice is tremendous news for working New Yorkers. December 19, 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
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
Press Clips TPM: The Trump Administration is Investigating Workers’ Rights in Mexico While Demolishing Them at Home NELP's Josh Boxerman calls out the Trump administration's record on workers' rights. September 1, 2025
Blog Home Care Workers Won the Right to Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay—the Trump Administration Wants to Take it Away The Trump Administration is trying to gut employment rights for home care workers through the federal rulemaking process. August 29, 2025
News Release Workers Rights Organizations Condemn the Dismantling of Workplace Civil Rights Enforcement Agency Trump's Labor Department has just placed hundreds of staff of a critical civil rights enforcement agency on administrative leave. April 17, 2025
Press Clips Bloomberg Law: Trump’s Federal Workforce Cuts Hit Labor Department Enforcement NELP's Cathy Ruckelshaus on how USDOL workforce cuts undermine employer accountability for paying fair wages. February 24, 2025
Press Clips The Nation: Trump’s Labor Secretary Pick Turns Out to Be Super Anti-Labor Surprise, surprise: Former representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer supports anti-union “right to work” laws and rejects a national minimum-wage hike. February 21, 2025
Press Clips Truthout: As Trump Attacks Federal Labor Protections, How Can States Protect Workers? From limits on heat exposure to overtime rules, states can fill in some gaps as Trump dismantles federal protections. February 9, 2025
