Home Newsroom Newsroom Get the latest news from our blogs, op-eds, news releases, and clips. Featured News Blog NELP Denounces DOL’s Proposed Joint Employment Rule News Release NELP Welcomes Three Leading Experts to New Senior Policy Roles Blog Juneteenth and the Next Chapter in the Fight for Workers’ Rights Blog Why Today’s Graduates Need a Jobseekers’ Allowance Search Filters Topic Type Series Date News Release NELP Welcomes Three Leading Experts to New Senior Policy Roles Accomplished architects of visionary policies and winning campaigns, they're the core of a team that advances transformative policies for workers across the country. July 1, 2026 Blog Promoting Good, Safe Last-Mile Delivery Jobs in New York City The fast-growing last-mile delivery system in its current form is dangerous, and last-mile delivery companies must be held accountable. April 21, 2026 Blog Meeting This Moment with Focus and Resolve This is a moment that calls for steadiness, clarity, and resolve—and we are committed to meeting it. April 14, 2026 News Release New Trump Independent Contractor Rule Will Weaken Minimum Wage and Overtime Protections for Millions of Working People This rule will have profound real-world consequences for working people. February 26, 2026 Press Clips New York Times: Minimum Wage Rises in Some States as Workers Struggle With Basic Costs NELP's Yannet Lathrop explains how raising the minimum wage helps address the affordability crisis. January 8, 2026 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 Press Clips Yahoo Finance: Millions of Workers Will Get a Raise Soon as New Minimum Wage Laws Kick In On January 1, minimum wage rates will climb in 19 states and 49 cities and counties across the U.S. December 13, 2025 Press Clips CBS News: Workers Across the U.S. Are Set for Minimum Wage Increases in 2026. Here’s Where. NELP's Tsedeye Gebreselassie explains how affordability is about prices AND wages. December 8, 2025 Press Clips Capital & Main: Home Care Workers Are Losing Minimum Wage Protections — and Fighting Back Three million care workers, many of them Black and Latina women, could be classified as “companions” instead of professionals. December 4, 2025 Press Clips Stateline: Dozens of Cities, States Hiking Minimum Wages in 2026 Amid Federal Inaction The rate will hit $15 per hour in dozens of localities, though the federal minimum wage remains $7.25 per hour. December 3, 2025
News Release NELP Welcomes Three Leading Experts to New Senior Policy Roles Accomplished architects of visionary policies and winning campaigns, they're the core of a team that advances transformative policies for workers across the country. July 1, 2026
Blog Promoting Good, Safe Last-Mile Delivery Jobs in New York City The fast-growing last-mile delivery system in its current form is dangerous, and last-mile delivery companies must be held accountable. April 21, 2026
Blog Meeting This Moment with Focus and Resolve This is a moment that calls for steadiness, clarity, and resolve—and we are committed to meeting it. April 14, 2026
News Release New Trump Independent Contractor Rule Will Weaken Minimum Wage and Overtime Protections for Millions of Working People This rule will have profound real-world consequences for working people. February 26, 2026
Press Clips New York Times: Minimum Wage Rises in Some States as Workers Struggle With Basic Costs NELP's Yannet Lathrop explains how raising the minimum wage helps address the affordability crisis. January 8, 2026
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
Press Clips Yahoo Finance: Millions of Workers Will Get a Raise Soon as New Minimum Wage Laws Kick In On January 1, minimum wage rates will climb in 19 states and 49 cities and counties across the U.S. December 13, 2025
Press Clips CBS News: Workers Across the U.S. Are Set for Minimum Wage Increases in 2026. Here’s Where. NELP's Tsedeye Gebreselassie explains how affordability is about prices AND wages. December 8, 2025
Press Clips Capital & Main: Home Care Workers Are Losing Minimum Wage Protections — and Fighting Back Three million care workers, many of them Black and Latina women, could be classified as “companions” instead of professionals. December 4, 2025
Press Clips Stateline: Dozens of Cities, States Hiking Minimum Wages in 2026 Amid Federal Inaction The rate will hit $15 per hour in dozens of localities, though the federal minimum wage remains $7.25 per hour. December 3, 2025
