Home Newsroom Newsroom Get the latest news from our blogs, op-eds, news releases, and clips. Featured News Press Clips The Guardian: Trump Vowed to Champion US Workers—the Reality Has Been a Relentless Assault News Release NELP Condemns Trump’s Firing of Thousands of Federal Workers Blog Clear, Grounded, and Resolved: Rising Above the Chaos of the Trump Administration Blog MLK’s Dream vs. Trump-Era Policies: Advancing Workers’ Rights in 2025 Search Filters Topic Type Series Date 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 News Release Workers Rights Organizations Condemn the Dismantling of Workplace Civil Rights Enforcement Agency Trump's Labor Department has just placed hundreds of staff of a critical civil rights enforcement agency on administrative leave. April 17, 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 News Release NELP Urges New York Governor Kathy Hochul to Delay Flawed Transition of Medicaid CDPAP Homecare Program to Avoid Harm to Clients and Workers Seniors and people with disabilities could be left without the vital services and workers without the paychecks they depend on. March 31, 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 Press Clips Northwest Public Broadcasting: Striking Workers in Washington Could Get Access to Unemployment Claims If Bill Passes NELP's Alexa Tapia explains why workers on strike should be eligible for UI. March 24, 2025 Press Clips NorthJersey.com: If Trump Weakens Federal Worker Protections, Can NJ Fill In the Gap? Here are six things that states can do to protect workers' rights. March 20, 2025 Press Clips CT News Junkie: AI in the Workplace, Algorithms at Rideshare Companies Seen Reshaping Jobs and Wages in Connecticut NELP's Dan Ocampo described how Uber and Lyft are taking bigger commissions while driver pay declines. March 11, 2025 News Release February Jobs Report: Economy Continues to Slow Amid Mass Firing of Public Servants To permanently reform the UI system, Congress must reintroduce and pass The Unemployment Insurance Modernization and Recession Readiness Act. March 7, 2025
Press Clips The Guardian: Trump Vowed to Champion US Workers—the Reality Has Been a Relentless Assault
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
News Release Workers Rights Organizations Condemn the Dismantling of Workplace Civil Rights Enforcement Agency Trump's Labor Department has just placed hundreds of staff of a critical civil rights enforcement agency on administrative leave. April 17, 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
News Release NELP Urges New York Governor Kathy Hochul to Delay Flawed Transition of Medicaid CDPAP Homecare Program to Avoid Harm to Clients and Workers Seniors and people with disabilities could be left without the vital services and workers without the paychecks they depend on. March 31, 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
Press Clips Northwest Public Broadcasting: Striking Workers in Washington Could Get Access to Unemployment Claims If Bill Passes NELP's Alexa Tapia explains why workers on strike should be eligible for UI. March 24, 2025
Press Clips NorthJersey.com: If Trump Weakens Federal Worker Protections, Can NJ Fill In the Gap? Here are six things that states can do to protect workers' rights. March 20, 2025
Press Clips CT News Junkie: AI in the Workplace, Algorithms at Rideshare Companies Seen Reshaping Jobs and Wages in Connecticut NELP's Dan Ocampo described how Uber and Lyft are taking bigger commissions while driver pay declines. March 11, 2025
News Release February Jobs Report: Economy Continues to Slow Amid Mass Firing of Public Servants To permanently reform the UI system, Congress must reintroduce and pass The Unemployment Insurance Modernization and Recession Readiness Act. March 7, 2025
