Home Newsroom Newsroom Get the latest news from our blogs, op-eds, news releases, and clips. Featured News Blog Workers Can’t Wait for Protections from Heat News Release NELP Condemns ICE Worksite Raids and Militarized Violence in L.A. and Around the U.S. Blog We Must Defend the Civil Rights of Workers with Conviction Records Blog Keeping the Lights On: Why Unemployment Insurance Reform Can’t Wait Search Filters Topic Type Series Date Press Clips Newsweek: Joe Rogan Trashes US Minimum Wage: ‘Disgusting’ Speaking with Sen. Bernie Sanders, the podcast host said the U.S. wage floor is "ridiculous" and "disgusting." June 25, 2025 Press Clips Capital & Main: Trump Touts ‘No Tax on Overtime.’ But He Just Made It Harder for Millions to Earn Overtime. Trump's DOL walked away from rule that expanded overtime to four million workers. May 22, 2025 News Release Missouri Supreme Court Upholds $15 Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave Setting higher job-quality standards helps all workers—turning more jobs into good jobs. April 30, 2025 Press Clips AP: Fast Food Is a Staple of American Culture, but Some of Its Workers Struggle to Survive Millions of fast-food workers across the U.S.--two-thirds of them women--are scraping to get by. January 25, 2025 Press Clips CNN: From Minimum Wage Increases to Medicare Drug Costs Cap, These New Laws Are Now in Effect January 1 ushered in a host of new laws. January 1, 2025 Press Clips USA Today: Minimum Wage Set to Rise in 23 States Next Year as $15 an Hour, and Beyond, Picks up Steam NELP's Yannet Lathrop explained how raising the minimum wage helps working families. December 9, 2024 News Release Minimum Wage Increases and Worker Protections Coming in 2025 as Worker Momentum Builds 69 cities, counties, and states will raise their wage floors on January 1, with 28 more lifting pay later in 2025. December 9, 2024 News Release NELP on Minimum Wage Ballot Initiatives in 2024 Voters made their voices heard via state minimum wage ballot measures to raise wages and keep pace with rising living costs. November 6, 2024 Press Clips Common Dreams: ‘When We Fight, We Win’: Amazon Boosts Pay as Workers Launch Bid for $25 an Hour NELP's Irene Tung discussed how Amazon lags behind other warehouse employers in pay—even though it can afford to pay workers much more. September 18, 2024 Press Clips New York Times: From Tips to TikTok, Trump Swaps Policies With Aim to Please Voters NELP's Paul Sonn spoke with the Times about Trump's no-tax-on-tips proposal. August 9, 2024
Press Clips Newsweek: Joe Rogan Trashes US Minimum Wage: ‘Disgusting’ Speaking with Sen. Bernie Sanders, the podcast host said the U.S. wage floor is "ridiculous" and "disgusting." June 25, 2025
Press Clips Capital & Main: Trump Touts ‘No Tax on Overtime.’ But He Just Made It Harder for Millions to Earn Overtime. Trump's DOL walked away from rule that expanded overtime to four million workers. May 22, 2025
News Release Missouri Supreme Court Upholds $15 Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave Setting higher job-quality standards helps all workers—turning more jobs into good jobs. April 30, 2025
Press Clips AP: Fast Food Is a Staple of American Culture, but Some of Its Workers Struggle to Survive Millions of fast-food workers across the U.S.--two-thirds of them women--are scraping to get by. January 25, 2025
Press Clips CNN: From Minimum Wage Increases to Medicare Drug Costs Cap, These New Laws Are Now in Effect January 1 ushered in a host of new laws. January 1, 2025
Press Clips USA Today: Minimum Wage Set to Rise in 23 States Next Year as $15 an Hour, and Beyond, Picks up Steam NELP's Yannet Lathrop explained how raising the minimum wage helps working families. December 9, 2024
News Release Minimum Wage Increases and Worker Protections Coming in 2025 as Worker Momentum Builds 69 cities, counties, and states will raise their wage floors on January 1, with 28 more lifting pay later in 2025. December 9, 2024
News Release NELP on Minimum Wage Ballot Initiatives in 2024 Voters made their voices heard via state minimum wage ballot measures to raise wages and keep pace with rising living costs. November 6, 2024
Press Clips Common Dreams: ‘When We Fight, We Win’: Amazon Boosts Pay as Workers Launch Bid for $25 an Hour NELP's Irene Tung discussed how Amazon lags behind other warehouse employers in pay—even though it can afford to pay workers much more. September 18, 2024
Press Clips New York Times: From Tips to TikTok, Trump Swaps Policies With Aim to Please Voters NELP's Paul Sonn spoke with the Times about Trump's no-tax-on-tips proposal. August 9, 2024
