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 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 News Release Critical Jobs Data Delayed a Second Month Due to Government Shutdown: Corporate Layoffs Underscore Need to Strengthen Unemployment Insurance In states across the country, unemployment insurance systems are not equipped to adequately support newly laid off workers. November 7, 2025 Press Clips AP: Furloughed Federal Workers Face Delays Getting Unemployment Pay During Shutdown Around 26,000 federal workers filed initial claims for unemployment from Sept. 28 through Oct. 18, according to the DOL. November 1, 2025 Press Clips CNN: ‘I Don’t Know How I’m Going to Feed My Kids’: Shutdown Hits Federal Contractors Hard The shutdown threatens the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of federal government contractors. October 7, 2025 Blog Unemployment Insurance and the Government Shutdown: What Federal Workers and Contractors Need to Know What federal workers and contractors need to know to help support themselves during the government shutdown. October 3, 2025 News Release Government Shutdown Delays September Jobs Report: Decision-Makers Blindfolded Without Reliable Economic Data Without this important data, decision-makers will not be able to monitor the impacts of the Trump administration’s anti-worker policy choices. October 3, 2025 News Release Shutdown Forces Working Families to Shoulder Costs of a Manufactured Crisis GOP leaders have threatened to use this shutdown as an excuse to cut benefits and fire even more public servants. October 1, 2025 News Release August Jobs Report: Slumping Job Market Reveals Impact of Trump Policies and Importance of Reliable Data Rising unemployment among Black women, often a leading indicator of an economic slowdown, serves as another warning sign. September 5, 2025 Blog Enforcing Unemployment Insurance Performance Standards to Support More Workers Better enforcement mechanisms for federal standards should be part of a UI system overhaul. August 5, 2025 News Release Trump’s Firing of BLS Commissioner Raises Alarm Reliable economic data is critical for holding policymakers accountable for the outcomes of their decisions. August 1, 2025
Blog Home Care Workers Won the Right to Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay—the Trump Administration Wants to Take it Away
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
News Release Critical Jobs Data Delayed a Second Month Due to Government Shutdown: Corporate Layoffs Underscore Need to Strengthen Unemployment Insurance In states across the country, unemployment insurance systems are not equipped to adequately support newly laid off workers. November 7, 2025
Press Clips AP: Furloughed Federal Workers Face Delays Getting Unemployment Pay During Shutdown Around 26,000 federal workers filed initial claims for unemployment from Sept. 28 through Oct. 18, according to the DOL. November 1, 2025
Press Clips CNN: ‘I Don’t Know How I’m Going to Feed My Kids’: Shutdown Hits Federal Contractors Hard The shutdown threatens the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of federal government contractors. October 7, 2025
Blog Unemployment Insurance and the Government Shutdown: What Federal Workers and Contractors Need to Know What federal workers and contractors need to know to help support themselves during the government shutdown. October 3, 2025
News Release Government Shutdown Delays September Jobs Report: Decision-Makers Blindfolded Without Reliable Economic Data Without this important data, decision-makers will not be able to monitor the impacts of the Trump administration’s anti-worker policy choices. October 3, 2025
News Release Shutdown Forces Working Families to Shoulder Costs of a Manufactured Crisis GOP leaders have threatened to use this shutdown as an excuse to cut benefits and fire even more public servants. October 1, 2025
News Release August Jobs Report: Slumping Job Market Reveals Impact of Trump Policies and Importance of Reliable Data Rising unemployment among Black women, often a leading indicator of an economic slowdown, serves as another warning sign. September 5, 2025
Blog Enforcing Unemployment Insurance Performance Standards to Support More Workers Better enforcement mechanisms for federal standards should be part of a UI system overhaul. August 5, 2025
News Release Trump’s Firing of BLS Commissioner Raises Alarm Reliable economic data is critical for holding policymakers accountable for the outcomes of their decisions. August 1, 2025
