Home Newsroom Newsroom Get the latest news from our blogs, op-eds, news releases, and clips. Featured News Blog One Hundred Days of Trump Betrayal: The Fight for Workers’ Rights and Our Democracy Press Clips The Guardian: Trump Vowed to Champion US Workers—the Reality Has Been a Relentless Assault 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 May Jobs Report: Despite Strong Job Growth, Labor Market Weakens for Black Workers The unemployment rate rose from 4.7% to 5.6% for Black workers, while 3.3% of white workers were unemployed. June 2, 2023 News Release On the Supreme Court’s Decision in Glacier Northwest v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters The National Employment Law Project (NELP) believes in workers’ right to strike as a fundamental democratic principle. June 1, 2023 Press Clips Business Insider: Noncompete clauses ‘chill’ worker rights and are usually illegal, NLRB lawyer says Companies that force workers to sign “noncompete” clauses are likely breaking the law, top NLRB lawyer says. May 30, 2023 News Release NELP Urges Caution on Portable Benefits Pilot Program Legislation Portable benefits programs must promote worker mobility and strengthen economic security and not weaken existing labor rights and protections. May 25, 2023 Press Clips Labor Notes: Organizing Despite the Churn Despite the churn, at Amazon and other workplaces, unions are developing strategies to organize high-turnover workplaces. May 22, 2023 Press Clips The Orange County Register: Why California’s COVID unemployment mess isn’t over yet California’s COVID unemployment mess isn’t over yet. May 16, 2023 News Release April Jobs Report: Job Growth Slows Just as Black Workers See More Gains It is an affront to workers that the Federal Reserve has chosen to continue raising interest rates, threatening to undercut these hard-won employment gains. May 5, 2023 Blog New Jersey’s Temp Workers Win! Temp workers need more protections and temp agencies need to be regulated. May 1, 2023 Press Clips News Tribune: COVID created an expanded social safety net; activists are now quietly working to bring it back Emergency paid sick and family leave, modernizing and expanding unemployment insurance rescued families and the U.S. economy. April 11, 2023 News Release March Jobs Report: Many Jobless Workers Excluded from Unemployment Insurance It’s critical that policymakers act to support the millions of jobless workers who are shut out of the unemployment insurance system. April 7, 2023
Press Clips The Guardian: Trump Vowed to Champion US Workers—the Reality Has Been a Relentless Assault
News Release May Jobs Report: Despite Strong Job Growth, Labor Market Weakens for Black Workers The unemployment rate rose from 4.7% to 5.6% for Black workers, while 3.3% of white workers were unemployed. June 2, 2023
News Release On the Supreme Court’s Decision in Glacier Northwest v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters The National Employment Law Project (NELP) believes in workers’ right to strike as a fundamental democratic principle. June 1, 2023
Press Clips Business Insider: Noncompete clauses ‘chill’ worker rights and are usually illegal, NLRB lawyer says Companies that force workers to sign “noncompete” clauses are likely breaking the law, top NLRB lawyer says. May 30, 2023
News Release NELP Urges Caution on Portable Benefits Pilot Program Legislation Portable benefits programs must promote worker mobility and strengthen economic security and not weaken existing labor rights and protections. May 25, 2023
Press Clips Labor Notes: Organizing Despite the Churn Despite the churn, at Amazon and other workplaces, unions are developing strategies to organize high-turnover workplaces. May 22, 2023
Press Clips The Orange County Register: Why California’s COVID unemployment mess isn’t over yet California’s COVID unemployment mess isn’t over yet. May 16, 2023
News Release April Jobs Report: Job Growth Slows Just as Black Workers See More Gains It is an affront to workers that the Federal Reserve has chosen to continue raising interest rates, threatening to undercut these hard-won employment gains. May 5, 2023
Blog New Jersey’s Temp Workers Win! Temp workers need more protections and temp agencies need to be regulated. May 1, 2023
Press Clips News Tribune: COVID created an expanded social safety net; activists are now quietly working to bring it back Emergency paid sick and family leave, modernizing and expanding unemployment insurance rescued families and the U.S. economy. April 11, 2023
News Release March Jobs Report: Many Jobless Workers Excluded from Unemployment Insurance It’s critical that policymakers act to support the millions of jobless workers who are shut out of the unemployment insurance system. April 7, 2023
