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 Commentary Huffington Post: Huffington Post: DOL Says Most Workers Are Employees and Not Independent Contractors: 5 Notable Takeaways July 24, 2015 NY1: NY1: Tsedeye Gebreselassie Talks Wage Board’s Decision to Raise Minimum Wage for Fast-Food Workers News Release On Wage Board’s Recommendation to Pay New York Fast-Food Workers $15 July 22, 2015 Blog $15 NY Fast-Food Wage Recommendation Shows Workers Can Be ‘Agents of Historic Change’ July 22, 2015 News Release On Kansas City Council’s Vote to Raise City’s Minimum Wage to $13 July 16, 2015 Commentary CNBC: CNBC: Time to Ban Criminal-Record Box on Job Applications July 16, 2015 Press Clips CNBC: CNBC: Jeb Bush, Uber and the new American contract worker July 16, 2015 News Release NELP Commends U.S. Department of Labor’s Independent Contractor Misclassification Guidance July 15, 2015 News Release Oregon Governor Signs ‘Ban the Box’ Legislation July 13, 2015 News Release NELP Applauds Veto of Missouri Legislation Barring Local Action on Minimum Wage July 10, 2015
Commentary Huffington Post: Huffington Post: DOL Says Most Workers Are Employees and Not Independent Contractors: 5 Notable Takeaways July 24, 2015
NY1: NY1: Tsedeye Gebreselassie Talks Wage Board’s Decision to Raise Minimum Wage for Fast-Food Workers
Blog $15 NY Fast-Food Wage Recommendation Shows Workers Can Be ‘Agents of Historic Change’ July 22, 2015
News Release NELP Commends U.S. Department of Labor’s Independent Contractor Misclassification Guidance July 15, 2015
News Release NELP Applauds Veto of Missouri Legislation Barring Local Action on Minimum Wage July 10, 2015