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 News Release March Jobs Report: Cold Comfort for Millions Locked Out of Opportunity by Trump’s Economy This week, working people were hoping for some relief from a sputtering job market and rising gas and food prices. April 3, 2026 Blog UI Benefits Have Not Kept up with the Rise in Unemployment Despite the increased job losses, unemployment claims have not spiked upwards. March 19, 2026 News Release February Jobs Report: Sharp Job Cuts Imperil Increasing Numbers of Long-Term Unemployed Reversing gains in January, employers cut 92,000 jobs in February alone. March 6, 2026 News Release January Jobs Report: Unemployed Women Struggle Amid Labor Market Anxiety Among women workers 20 years and over, the unemployment rate was 4.0% compared to 3.6% in January 2025. February 11, 2026 Press Clips CBS News: Layoffs Jumped in January as Companies Pull Back on Hiring Employers announced 108,435 job cuts in January. February 6, 2026 News Release Amid Rising Unemployment, Women Are Less Likely to Receive Jobless Aid and Get Less Support, New Study Finds Unemployed women are less likely to receive benefits than their male counterparts and bring home lower benefits when they do. January 28, 2026 News Release December Jobs Report: Job Market Weaker Than When the Year Began Approximately 659,000 more workers were unemployed in December than had been at the beginning of the year. January 9, 2026 News Release On the Passing of Richard McHugh, Former NELP Staff Attorney NELP remembers our former colleague and beloved "social insurance geek." January 6, 2026 News Release November Jobs Report: Unemployment Rises and More Workers Are Unemployed Long-Term The situation is particularly grim for the growing number of workers who have been unemployed for six months or longer. December 16, 2025 News Release September Jobs Report: Belated Employment Data Show How Attacks on Immigrant Workers Harm Job Growth Just 119,000 jobs were added in September, a sign of continued weakness in the labor market. November 20, 2025
Blog Home Care Workers Won the Right to Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay—the Trump Administration Wants to Take it Away
News Release March Jobs Report: Cold Comfort for Millions Locked Out of Opportunity by Trump’s Economy This week, working people were hoping for some relief from a sputtering job market and rising gas and food prices. April 3, 2026
Blog UI Benefits Have Not Kept up with the Rise in Unemployment Despite the increased job losses, unemployment claims have not spiked upwards. March 19, 2026
News Release February Jobs Report: Sharp Job Cuts Imperil Increasing Numbers of Long-Term Unemployed Reversing gains in January, employers cut 92,000 jobs in February alone. March 6, 2026
News Release January Jobs Report: Unemployed Women Struggle Amid Labor Market Anxiety Among women workers 20 years and over, the unemployment rate was 4.0% compared to 3.6% in January 2025. February 11, 2026
Press Clips CBS News: Layoffs Jumped in January as Companies Pull Back on Hiring Employers announced 108,435 job cuts in January. February 6, 2026
News Release Amid Rising Unemployment, Women Are Less Likely to Receive Jobless Aid and Get Less Support, New Study Finds Unemployed women are less likely to receive benefits than their male counterparts and bring home lower benefits when they do. January 28, 2026
News Release December Jobs Report: Job Market Weaker Than When the Year Began Approximately 659,000 more workers were unemployed in December than had been at the beginning of the year. January 9, 2026
News Release On the Passing of Richard McHugh, Former NELP Staff Attorney NELP remembers our former colleague and beloved "social insurance geek." January 6, 2026
News Release November Jobs Report: Unemployment Rises and More Workers Are Unemployed Long-Term The situation is particularly grim for the growing number of workers who have been unemployed for six months or longer. December 16, 2025
News Release September Jobs Report: Belated Employment Data Show How Attacks on Immigrant Workers Harm Job Growth Just 119,000 jobs were added in September, a sign of continued weakness in the labor market. November 20, 2025
