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 News Release May Jobs Report: Workers Facing Economic Uncertainty Need a Well-Funded Unemployment Insurance System Instead of strengthening UI, Trump is rescinding funding states use to fight fraud, improve access, and ensure timely payments. June 6, 2025 Blog Keeping the Lights On: Why Unemployment Insurance Reform Can’t Wait The time to fix unemployment insurance is not during the next crisis. It’s now. May 7, 2025 News Release April Jobs Report: Steady Job Market Endangered by Anti-Worker Policy Trump's ever-shifting trade policies and barrage of anti-worker initiatives threaten an economic downturn in the coming months. May 2, 2025 Press Clips USA Today: ‘I’m Alarmed’: With Recession Fears Rising, Jobless Benefits Still Fall Short: Report Our unemployment insurance system is failing workers who've lost their jobs through no fault of their own. April 22, 2025 News Release New Survey of Jobless Workers Reveals How Critical Unemployment Insurance System Falls Short The survey highlights UI's key role in mitigating economic hardship and warns of serious systemic deficiencies that must be addressed. April 22, 2025 Press Clips Black Enterprise: DOGE’s Big Reveal of Unemployment Fraud Claims? Federal Investigators Knew About Them Years Ago NELP's Amy Traub points out that DOGE's findings were "not news to anyone" and were already the subject of congressional hearings. April 18, 2025 Press Clips AP: DOGE Trumpets Unemployment Fraud That the Government Already Found Years Ago NELP's Amy Traub says this is an attempt to undermine public support for UI at a time when it couldn’t be more important. April 15, 2025 News Release March Jobs Report: Immigrant Workers Power a Steady Economy, Full Impact of Trump Policies Yet to Come One of the major engines still powering the U.S. economy is the labor of immigrant workers. April 4, 2025 Press Clips Marketplace: Why Does the Government Have 6 Unemployment Rates? Six rates to measure joblessness may seem like a lot. But they tell different stories about the labor market and whether it’s working for U.S. households. March 26, 2025 Blog NELP Joins Amicus Brief in U.S. Supreme Court Religious Exemption from UI Case Allowing CCB to be excused from the UI system could lead to the exclusion of other religiously affiliated employers. March 25, 2025
News Release May Jobs Report: Workers Facing Economic Uncertainty Need a Well-Funded Unemployment Insurance System Instead of strengthening UI, Trump is rescinding funding states use to fight fraud, improve access, and ensure timely payments. June 6, 2025
Blog Keeping the Lights On: Why Unemployment Insurance Reform Can’t Wait The time to fix unemployment insurance is not during the next crisis. It’s now. May 7, 2025
News Release April Jobs Report: Steady Job Market Endangered by Anti-Worker Policy Trump's ever-shifting trade policies and barrage of anti-worker initiatives threaten an economic downturn in the coming months. May 2, 2025
Press Clips USA Today: ‘I’m Alarmed’: With Recession Fears Rising, Jobless Benefits Still Fall Short: Report Our unemployment insurance system is failing workers who've lost their jobs through no fault of their own. April 22, 2025
News Release New Survey of Jobless Workers Reveals How Critical Unemployment Insurance System Falls Short The survey highlights UI's key role in mitigating economic hardship and warns of serious systemic deficiencies that must be addressed. April 22, 2025
Press Clips Black Enterprise: DOGE’s Big Reveal of Unemployment Fraud Claims? Federal Investigators Knew About Them Years Ago NELP's Amy Traub points out that DOGE's findings were "not news to anyone" and were already the subject of congressional hearings. April 18, 2025
Press Clips AP: DOGE Trumpets Unemployment Fraud That the Government Already Found Years Ago NELP's Amy Traub says this is an attempt to undermine public support for UI at a time when it couldn’t be more important. April 15, 2025
News Release March Jobs Report: Immigrant Workers Power a Steady Economy, Full Impact of Trump Policies Yet to Come One of the major engines still powering the U.S. economy is the labor of immigrant workers. April 4, 2025
Press Clips Marketplace: Why Does the Government Have 6 Unemployment Rates? Six rates to measure joblessness may seem like a lot. But they tell different stories about the labor market and whether it’s working for U.S. households. March 26, 2025
Blog NELP Joins Amicus Brief in U.S. Supreme Court Religious Exemption from UI Case Allowing CCB to be excused from the UI system could lead to the exclusion of other religiously affiliated employers. March 25, 2025
